denial vs identification

denial

noun
  • A disownment or disavowal 

  • An assertion of untruth. 

  • Refusal to believe that a problem exists. 

  • A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect. 

  • Refusal to admit responsibility for wrongdoing. 

  • A refusal or failure to provide or grant something that is requested or desired. 

  • Negationism, denialism of historical facts or accepted interpretation. 

  • The negation in logic. 

identification

noun
  • The combination of identifying (which one, which thing) and validating the identity (proving or confirming it); identifying and authenticating viewed as a unitary concept in cognition. 

  • A feeling of support, sympathy, understanding, or belonging towards somebody or something. 

  • A particular instance of identifying something. 

  • A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity. 

  • The act of identifying (i.e., which one, which thing). 

  • The state of being identified. 

How often have the words denial and identification occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )