{
    "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
}