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denial
What does denial mean?
denial (noun): the act of asserting that something alleged is not true.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use denial in a sentence?
- Denial would be useless. (Tatoeba sentence #9762873 by shekitten, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce denial?
/dɪˈnaɪəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does denial come from?
From deny + -al.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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the act of asserting that something alleged is not true
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