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Denying — Deny De*ny , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Denied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Denying}.] [OE. denien, denaien, OF. denier, deneer, F. d[ e]nier, fr. L. denegare; de + negare to say no, deny. See {Negation}.] 1. To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Denying the antecedent — Denying the antecedent, sometimes also called inverse error, is a formal fallacy, committed by reasoning in the form: If P, then Q. Not P. Therefore, not Q. Arguments of this form are invalid. Informally, this means that arguments of this form do … Wikipedia
Denying History — Denying History: Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened and Why Do They Say It? Author(s) … Wikipedia
Denying the Holocaust — This article is about the book by Deborah Lipstadt. For the phenomenon, see Holocaust denial. Lipstadt s book: Denying the Holocaust Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth Memory is a 1993 book by Deborah Lipstadt which led to a… … Wikipedia
Denying the correlative — The logical fallacy of denying the correlative is an attempt made at introducing alternatives where there are none. In a way, it is the opposite of the false dilemma, which is denying other alternatives. For example: Policeman: .. either you… … Wikipedia
Denying Evolution — Infobox Book name = Denying Evolution: Creationism, Scientism, and the Nature of Science author = Massimo Pigliucci cover artist = publisher = Sinauer release date = 2002 media type = Paperback pages = size weight = isbn = ISBN 0878936599Denying… … Wikipedia
Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2007 — The Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2007, Senate Bill 1237, was a proposed item of legislation requested by United States Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and introduced in the United States Senate by New Jersey… … Wikipedia
denying — de·ny || dɪ naɪ v. say that something is not true; refuse; renounce … English contemporary dictionary
denying — … Useful english dictionary
denying the antecedent — To argue invalidly that given that if p then q, and given not p, we can infer q . ‘If she is in Barbados she is in the Caribbean; she is not in Barbados, so she is not in the Caribbean.’ … Philosophy dictionary
