Monday, July 19, 2010

Definition Please

DENIAL

–noun

1. an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
 
2. refusal to believe a doctrine, theory, or the like.

3. disbelief in the existence or reality of a thing.

4. the refusal to satisfy a claim, request, desire, etc., or the refusal of a person making it.

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8. Psychology: an unconscious defense mechanism used to reduce anxiety by denying thoughts, feelings, or facts that are consciously intolerable.

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