positive denial

  • 1positive — positiveness, n. /poz i tiv/, adj. 1. explicitly stated, stipulated, or expressed: a positive acceptance of the agreement. 2. admitting of no question: positive proof. 3. stated; express; emphatic: a positive denial. 4. confident in opinion or… …

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  • 2positive — pos•i•tive [[t]ˈpɒz ɪ tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) confident in opinion or assertion; sure: He is positive that he ll win[/ex] 2) cvb showing or expressing approval or agreement; favorable: a positive reaction to the speech[/ex] 3) cv gram. expressing or… …

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  • 3Denial — For the politics of science/history and public policy, see Denialism. For other uses, see Denial (disambiguation). Denial (also called abnegation) is a defense mechanism postulated by Sigmund Freud, in which a person is faced with a fact that is… …

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  • 4Denial of the Holodomor — Holodomor topics Historical background Famines in Russia and USSR · Soviet famine of 1932–1933 Soviet government Institutions: All Union Communist Party (Bolshevik) · Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine · …

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  • 5positive atheism — a condition of being without theistic beliefs; an absence of belief in the existence of gods, thus contrasting with theism. This definition includes both those who assert that there are no gods and those who have no beliefs at all regarding the… …

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  • 6Nanking Massacre denial — Nanking Massacrev · d · e Battl …

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  • 7Negative and positive rights — Rights Theoretical distinctions Natural and legal rights Claim rights and liberty rights Negative and positive rights I …

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  • 8State of Denial (film) — Infobox Film | name = State of Denial caption = director = Elaine Epstein producer = Elaine Epstein] writer = starring = music = Thomas DeRenzo cinematography = Sven Cheatle, Carl DeHeer, Brian Green, Eddie Wes editing = Penny Hays distributor =… …

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  • 9argumentative denial — A denial in an argumentative or reasoning manner and not in direct, positive form of proper pleading. 41 Am J1st PI § 134 …

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  • 10atheism — /ay thee iz euhm/, n. 1. the doctrine or belief that there is no God. 2. disbelief in the existence of a supreme being or beings. [1580 90; < Gk áthe(os) godless + ISM] * * * Critique and denial of metaphysical beliefs in God or divine beings.&#8230; …

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