different between denier vs denial

English

Etymology 1

From Old French denier, from Latin denarius. Doublet of dinar.

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?ny?'
• enPR: d?nî(r)', IPA^(key): /d??n??(?)/ (coin)
  
• enPR: d?n'y?(r), IPA^(key): /?d?nj?(?)/ (unit of fineness of yarn)
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

denier (plural deniers)

1. (now historical) An old French coin worth one-twelfth of a sou.
   • 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 117:

     A bronze denier bearing the inscription CONRADUS around a central cross, was minted in Lugdunum.

2. A unit of linear density which indicates the fineness of fiber or yarn, equal to one gram per 9000 meters, used especially to measure or indicate the fineness of hosiery. Originally equal to the weight of a denier coin per 9600 aunes.
   • 2002, Jill Mansell, Staying at Daisy's:

     Upstairs she rummaged through her chest of drawers, finally unearthing an unopened pack of ten denier barely blacks.

Translations

See also

• tex

Etymology 2

deny +? -er.

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?n?'?(r), IPA^(key): /d??na??(?)/

Noun

denier (plural deniers)

1. One who denies or forbids something.
   • 2003, ABA Journal (volume 89)

     Also, visitation deniers don't always get off with a slap on the wrist.

2. One who denies the existence of something.

   Holocaust denier

   global warming denier

   AIDS denier

Related terms

• denialism
• denialist

Translations

Anagrams

• Edirne, Nereid, diener, nereid, reined

Finnish

Noun

denier

1. denier (unit of measure)
2. denier (old coin)

Declension

Anagrams

• dreeni, reiden

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French denier, inherited from Latin d?n?rius. Doublet of dénaire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?.nje/

Noun

denier m (plural deniers)

1. denier (coin)
2. (by extension) money
3. denier (unit of weight)

Derived terms

• deniers publics

Further reading

• “denier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• de rien

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French denier, Latin d?n?rius.

Noun

denier m (plural deniers)

1. denier (coin)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin d?n?rius.

Noun

denier m (oblique plural deniers, nominative singular deniers, nominative plural denier)

1. denier (coin)

Descendants

• English: denier (borrowing)
• Middle French: denier
  • French: denier

Romanian

Etymology

From French denier.

Noun

denier m (plural denieri)

1. denier (weight)

Declension

Swedish

Noun

denier c

1. denier

Declension

Anagrams

• diener

English

Etymology

deny +? -al

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??na?.?l/
• Rhymes: -a??l

Noun

denial (countable and uncountable, plural denials)

1. (logic) The negation in logic.

2. A refusal to comply with a request.

3. An assertion of untruth.

4. Refusal to believe a problem exists

5. Refusal to admit responsibility for wrongdoing
6. Negationism, denialism of historical facts or accepted interpretation
7. (dated, psychology) A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.
   • 2007 Feb. 11, "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.

Usage notes

• See refute.

Derived terms

• denialism
• denial is not a river in Egypt
• in denial
• non-denial denial
• self-denial

Related terms

• denier
• deny

Translations

Anagrams

• Aldine, Daniel, Delian, Delina, Denali, Leanid, alined, daniel, deal in, dealin', denail, dienal, enlaid, inlead, lained, lead in, lead-in, leadin', nailed