total denial

collocation in English

meaningsoftotalanddenial

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total
adjective
uk
/ˈtəʊ.təl/us
/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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denial
noun
uk
/dɪˈnaɪ.əl/us
/dɪˈnaɪ.əl/
a statement that something is not true or does ...
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(Definition oftotalanddenialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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To them, it meant atotaldenialof their interests.
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Is not this atotaldenialof ministerial responsibility?
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That seems to be atotaldenialof democracy.
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But selectivity is atotaldenialof freedom to choose.
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That is atotaldenialof the principle that lies behind the debate.
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It is atotaldenialof all the things we are here to protect.
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However, there istotaldenialof our going on to union.
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Does "cellular confinement" meantotaldenialof the opportunity of association with other prisoners?
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That, in my opinion, is atotaldenialof human rights.
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Not to do so would be atotaldenialof democracy.
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The advisory committee is a direct andtotaldenialof that principle.
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I hope that we can have atotaldenialthat that is the attitude.
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What we have now is not merely a democratic deficit, but atotaldenialof democracy.
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It seems to me to amount to atotaldenialof the possibility of an appeal against recovery of overpayment.
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Often where the defence is atotaldenialof involvement the prosecution evidence depends almost entirely on the identification of one person.
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The delay, of course, is a matter of common knowledge, but in my opinion the delay in very many cases really operates as atotaldenialof justice.
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They cannot be attached or linked to the organisation that they are seeking to scrutinise, as that would be atotaldenialof the whole principle.
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We are still continuing to witness acts of war marked by barbarism and atotaldenialof the rights of civilians and of military personnel outside combat zones.
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Atotaldenialof liability is not a dispute touching upon the amount of the underlying debt.
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With the exception of structural errors (such as thetotaldenialof counsel), constitutional errors are subject to harmless error analysis, although they must be harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.
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