Denial vs. Repression
Denialnoun
(logic) The negation in logic.
Denialnoun
A refusal to comply with a request.
Denialnoun
An assertion of untruth.
Denialnoun
Refusal to believe a problem exists
Denialnoun
A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.
Denialnoun
The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; - the contrary of affirmation.
Denialnoun
A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction.
Denialnoun
A refusal to grant; rejection of a request.
Denialnoun
A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; - the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God.
Denialnoun
the act of refusing to comply (as with a request);
Denialnoun
the act of asserting that something alleged is not true
Denialnoun
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts
Denialnoun
renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
Denialnoun
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him;
Denial
Denial, in ordinary English usage, is asserting that a statement or allegation is not true (which might be accurate or inaccurate). It may also mean the refusal of a request, but this article covers denial of true factual claims.
Repressionnoun
The act of repressing; state of being repressed.
Repressionnoun
The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.
Repressionnoun
The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.
Repressionnoun
That which represses; check; restraint.
Repressionnoun
a state of forcible subjugation;
Repressionnoun
(psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
Repressionnoun
the act of repressing; control by holding down;
