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social science subjects > psychology > behavior mechanisms > coping mechanisms > denial
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denial  

Definition

  • The invalidation of a previous statement or the contradiction of a previous statement's content (a subcategory of the disagreement code developed by Lennard and Bernstein). Example: Wife Remember, you promised you would be home at 5:00 p.m. [Source: The Dictionary of Family Psychology and Family Therapy; denial]

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