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Negation (Freud)
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rejecting a fact despite the overwhelming evidence of its truth based on fear of its outcome
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Denial, abnegation or Negation (German: Verleugnung, Verneinung) is a psychological defense mechanism postulated by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, in which a person is faced with a fact that is too uncomfortable to accept and rejects it instead, insisting that it is not true despite what may be overwhelming evidence.

Instance of
Cognitive bias
emotional process
Part of
Grief
Facet of
Heuristic
Subject
Belief
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