denial
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thumb|upright=1.3|A 17th century painting depicting the Denial of Peter, found in the four [[Gospels in the New Testament. In it, Peter denies having associated with Jesus, who is being sought by authorities.]] Denial, in colloquial English usage, has at least three meanings:
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thumb|upright=1.3|A 17th century painting depicting the Denial of Peter, found in the four [[Gospels in the New Testament. In it, Peter denies having associated with Jesus, who is being sought by authorities.]] Denial, in colloquial English usage, has at least three meanings: the assertion that any particular statement or allegation, whose truth is uncertain, is not true; the refusal of a request; and the assertion that a true statement is false.
In psychology, denialism is a person's choice to deny reality as a way to avoid a psychologically uncomfortable truth.