A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.
A disownment or disavowal
An assertion of untruth.
Refusal to believe that a problem exists.
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.
something that causes privation or indicates an absence
causing privation; depriving
consisting in the absence of something; negative
indicating the absence of something