denial

Other forms of denial

plural

denials·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about denial

What does denial mean?

denial means "the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in denial?

denial has 3 syllables: de-ni-al. The stress falls on "ni". In IPA it is /dɪˈnaɪəl/.

What is another word for denial?

Close synonyms include disaffirmation, abnegation, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is denial a common word?

denial is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.