🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Negación

Pronunciation / Transliteration: neɣaˈθjon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Denial/dɪˈnaɪ.əl/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Su negación de la verdad fue evidente."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The action of declaring something to be untrue.

    "His denial of the allegations only fueled further suspicion."
  2. 2

    A psychological defense mechanism in which a person refuses to accept reality or facts.

    "She was in denial about her health issues, refusing to see a doctor."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'denial' originates from the Middle English 'denial', derived from the Old French 'denial', which in turn comes from the Latin 'denegare', meaning 'to refuse'. The evolution of its meaning has shifted from a simple act of refusal to a psychological state of rejecting reality or truth.

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