Denny vs Denial - What's the difference?
denny | denial |
A diminutive of the male given names Denis or Dennis.
A surname of Scottish origin.
A town in Central Region, Scotland. Has a population of around 20,000.
(logic) The negation in logic.
A refusal to comply with a request.
An assertion of untruth.
Refusal to believe a problem exists
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= (dated, psychology) A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.
* 2007 Feb. 11, "
As a proper noun Denny
is a diminutive of the male given names Denis or Dennis.As a noun denial is
the negation in logic.denny
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(en proper noun)See also
* Denni Feminine form of name . English diminutives of male given namesdenial
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(en noun)Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.}}
No facts, just emotion," Washington Times (retrieved 11 June 2013):
- "Denial " came out of the therapyspeak prevalent in the middle of the 20th century, especially as it was applied to confronting the reality of mortality. It was popularized as the first stage of grief, and quickly expanded to include refusal to confront any bad news or disturbing ideas.
