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| Main Entry: | denial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dismissal, refusal of belief in |
| Synonyms: | cold shoulder*, contradiction, disapproval, disclaimer, dissent, nay, negation, negative, nix*, noncommittal, prohibition, rebuff, rebuttal, refutation, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, repulse, retraction, veto, abstaining, adjuration, brush-off, controversion, declination, disallowance, disavowal, dismissing, disproof, forswearing, gainsaying, no way, nonacceptance, protestation, refraining, refusing, refutal, rejecting, renegement, renouncement, repudiating, statement abnegation, turndown |
| Antonyms: | affirmation, agreement, approval, avowal, claim, corroboration, vouching |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | denial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
at issue upon, cashiered, contradictory, denied, denying, negative, negatory, recusant
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| Main Entry: | contradiction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | variance to something |
| Synonyms: | conflict, defiance, denial, difference, disagreement, discrepancy, dispute, dissension, incongruity, inconsistency, negation, opposite, opposition, bucking, confutation, contravention, gainsaying |
| Antonyms: | acceptance, agreement, approval, concession, confirmation, verification, OK, corroboration, reconcilement |
| Main Entry: | deprivation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | taking, keeping away; need |
| Synonyms: | denial, destitution, detriment, disadvantage, distress, hardship, loss, privation, removal, seizure, want, withdrawal, withholding, deprival, dispossession, divestiture, divestment, expropriation |
| Antonyms: | endowment, giving, indulgence, offer, offering, presentation, supply, bestowal |
| Main Entry: | disclaimer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repudiation |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, clause, denial, dissociation, renunciation, retraction, waiver, abjuration, disavowal |
| Main Entry: | dissent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disagreement, disapproval |
| Synonyms: | bone*, bone of contention*, conflict, contention, denial, difference, discord, dissension, dissidence, flak*, hassle, heresy, nonconformity, objection, opposition, protest, refusal, resistance, schism, spat, split, strife, variance, bone to pick, clinker, disaccord, disunity, far cry, heterodoxy, misbelief, nonagreement, nonconcurrence, nonconformism, nope, poles apart, sour note, unorthodoxy |
| Notes: | dissent is, literally, 'feel or think differently' and dissident means 'sit apart, disagree' |
| Antonyms: | agreement, approval, authorization, concurrence, endorsement, ratification, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | negative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contradiction |
| Synonyms: | denial, nay, refusal, refutation, disavowal |
| Antonyms: | positive |
| Main Entry: | nihilism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refusal to believe |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, anarchy, atheism, denial, disbelief, disorder, lawlessness, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, skepticism, agnosticism, mob rule, nonbelief, terrorism |
| Antonyms: | belief, faith, obedience, optimism |
| Main Entry: | nonconformity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, behavior different from most |
| Synonyms: | breach, denial, disaffection, disagreement, disapproval, disobedience, dissent, eccentricity, exception, heresy, insubordination, lawlessness, negation, noncompliance, objection, opposition, originality, rejection, strangeness, veto, violation, bohemianism, contumaciousness, disapprobation, discordance, heterodoxy, iconoclasm, mutinousness, nonacceptance, nonagreement, nonconsent, recalcitrance, recusance, recusancy, transgressiveness, unconventionality, uniqueness, unorthodoxy, unruliness |
| Antonyms: | compliance, conformity, obedience, orthodoxy |
| Main Entry: | rebuff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | turning away; ignoring |
| Synonyms: | check, cold shoulder*, cut, defeat, denial, discouragement, insult, nix*, opposition, rebuke, refusal, rejection, reprimand, repulse, slight, snub, thumbs down, brushoff, go-by, hard time, kick in the teeth, nothing doing, turndown |
| Antonyms: | inclusion, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | renunciation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abandonment, rejection |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, abstention, cancellation, denial, disclaimer, forbearing, giving up, rebuff, refusal, remission, repeal, repudiation, resignation, sacrifice, self-denial, surrender, veto, waiver, yielding, abdication, abjuration, disavowal, eschewal, eschewing, forswearing, relinquishment, renouncement, self-abnegation, self-sacrifice, spurning |
| Antonyms: | allowance, approval, condonement |
| Main Entry: | repulsion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hatred, disgust |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, abomination, antipathy, aversion, denial, detestation, distaste, hate, horror, loathing, malice, rebuff, refusal, repugnance, resentment, revolt, revulsion, snub, disrelish, repugnancy |
| Antonyms: | attraction, liking, love |
| Main Entry: | veto |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refusal of permission |
| Synonyms: | ban, blackball*, denial, embargo, interdict, negative, prohibition, declination, interdiction, nonconsent |
| Antonyms: | allowance, approval, permission, ratification, sanction, ok |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | refutation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rebuttal |
| Synonyms: | contradiction, denial, refusal, confutation, disproof, refutal |
| Main Entry: | retraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recantation |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, about-face*, abrogation, annulment, contradiction, denial, disclaimer, recall, repudiation, reversal, revocation, withdrawal, abjuration, backpedaling, backtracking, contraversion, disavowal, disowning, forswearing, gainsaying, nullification, reneging, renouncing, unsaying, volte-face |
| Antonyms: | confirmation, corroboration, reaffirmation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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