denial vs privative

denial

noun
  • 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. 

privative

noun
  • something that causes privation or indicates an absence 

adj
  • causing privation; depriving 

  • consisting in the absence of something; negative 

  • indicating the absence of something 

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