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{
"term": "denial",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a statement that something is not true or does not exist; the action of denying something",
"sensetop": "denial (of something)denial that…in denial",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the prisoner’s repeated denials of the charges against him",
"contextForm": "denial (of something)"
},
{
"text": "The terrorists issued a denial of responsibility for the attack."
},
{
"text": "There was an official denial that there would be an election before the end of the year.",
"contextForm": "denial that…"
},
{
"text": "She shook her head in denial.",
"contextForm": "in denial"
},
{
"text": "His question was greeted with a chorus of denials."
},
{
"text": "Jefferson made no denial of his actions on that night."
},
{
"text": "The chairman of the company issued a denial of the allegations."
},
{
"text": "The document contains an explicit denial that the company ever sold arms."
},
{
"text": "When I asked if she had cheated in the exam, she answered with a vehement denial."
},
{
"text": "a denial from senior officials"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["firm", "strong", "vehement"],
"verb + denial": ["issue", "make"],
"preposition": ["denial from", "in denial"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "an act of refusing to allow somebody to have something they have a right to expect",
"sensetop": "(a) denial of something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Pressure groups have drawn attention to the denial of human rights in some areas."
},
{
"text": "The advertising ban is a denial of freedom of speech."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["firm", "strong", "vehement"],
"verb + denial": ["issue", "make"],
"preposition": ["denial from", "in denial"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the act of refusing to accept that something unpleasant or painful is true",
"sensetop": "in denial",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The patient is still in denial.",
"contextForm": "in denial"
},
{
"text": "Some people are in denial about the situation."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["firm", "strong", "vehement"],
"verb + denial": ["issue", "make"],
"preposition": ["denial from", "in denial"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈnaɪəl/",
"audio": "de/denial/denial__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈnaɪəl/",
"audio": "de/denial/denial__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}