denial

démenti, dénégation

Fait de déclarer qu’une affirmation est fausse ou qu’un événement n’a pas eu lieu.

En anglais simple : The act of saying that a claim is untrue or that something did not happen.

• He issued a firm denial.
• Her denial of the claims appeared in the newspaper.
• Despite repeated denials, people still believed the story.

Comment l'utiliser : denial of something (His denial of the accusation surprised us.); denial that… (Her denial that she knew him was convincing.)

Synonymes : rejection, refutation

Contraires : admission

Expressions courantes : denial of something, firm denial, issue a denial, official denial

déni

Refus ou incapacité d’accepter une réalité pénible.

En anglais simple : A refusal or inability to accept an unpleasant fact.

• She is still in denial.
• His denial of the problem delayed treatment.
• They lived in denial about the damage for years.

Comment l'utiliser : in denial about something (He is in denial about his drinking problem.)

Contraires : acceptance

Expressions courantes : in denial, denial about something, state of denial

refus

Fait de ne pas accorder à quelqu’un ce qu’il demande ou ce dont il a besoin.

En anglais simple : The act of refusing to let someone have something they need or ask for.

• They protested the denial of medical care.
• The letter explained the denial of her request.
• Denial of access prevented us from checking the records.

Comment l'utiliser : denial of something to someone (The denial of treatment to patients caused anger.)

Synonymes : refusal

Contraires : grant

Expressions courantes : denial of access, denial of care, denial of something

négation

Énoncé qui affirme qu’un autre énoncé n’est pas vrai.

En anglais simple : A statement that reverses another statement, saying that it is not true.

• Write the denial of this statement.
• The denial is true when the original proposition is false.
• A proposition and its denial cannot both be true.

Comment l'utiliser : denial of a proposition (We wrote the denial of the proposition below it.)

Synonymes : negation

Contraires : affirmation

Expressions courantes : denial of something, logical denial