Denial (disambiguation)
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Denial
Denial
Denial is a defense mechanism postulated by Sigmund Freud, in which a person is faced with a fact that is too uncomfortable to accept and rejects it instead, insisting that it is not true despite what may be overwhelming evidence.The subject may use:* simple denial: deny the reality of the...

is a psychological defense mechanism.

Denial may also refer to:
  • Denial of request
    Denial of request
    Denial of request is the refusal of one party to grant the request of another. Some acts that can be considered denial may include the refusal of a person or a group of people representing a company, organization, or government agency to provide what a client or one seeking to be a client has...

    , the refusal of one party to grant the request of another
  • Denial (1990 film)
    Denial (1990 film)
    Denial is a 1990 American drama film, written and directed by Erin Dignam. The film features Robin Wright as "Sarah," a sometime actress and tall, dark, handsome loner, "Michael" , as lovers, as they were in real life,...

    , American drama by Erin Dignam
  • Denial (1998 film)
    Denial (1998 film)
    Denial is a 1998 film written and directed by Adam Rifkin. It was released to video under the title Something About Sex. The plot revolved around couples as they struggle with the hardships of maintaining a monogamous relationship. It starred Jonathan Silverman, Leah Lail, Patrick Dempsey,...

    , by Adam Rifkin
  • "Denial" (poem)
    Denial (poem)
    Denial is a poem by Giorgos Seferis published in his collection Turning Point in 1931. After the coup that overthrew the Greek government in 1967, Seferis went into voluntary seclusion and many of his poems were banned, including the musical versions which Mikis Theodorakis had written and...

    , by Giorgos Seferis
  • Denial (Sevendust song)
    Denial (Sevendust song)
    Denial is the lead single of album Home by Alternative metal band Sevendust. The song was written by Clint Lowery and Morgan Rose and it was released in July 1999...

    , a metal song by Sevendust
  • Denial (Sugababes song), a soft rock song by Sugababes

See also

  • Denialism
    Denialism
    Denialism is choosing to deny reality as a way to avoid an uncomfortable truth: "[it] is the refusal to accept an empirically verifiable reality...

    , the rejection of propositions on which a scientific or scholarly consensus exists
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