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PRONUNCIATION OF DISAVOWAL

disavowal  [ˌdɪsəˈvaʊəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISAVOWAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Disavowal is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DISAVOWAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of disavowal in the English dictionary

The definition of disavowal in the dictionary is a denial knowledge of, connection with, or responsibility for.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISAVOWAL


avowal
əˈvaʊəl
bowel
ˈbaʊəl
cowal
ˈkaʊəl
disbowel
dɪsˈbaʊəl
disembowel
ˌdɪsɪmˈbaʊəl
disemvowel
ˌdɪsɪmˈvaʊəl
dishtowel
ˈdɪʃˌtaʊəl
dowel
ˈdaʊəl
Dowell
ˈdaʊəl
embowel
ɪmˈbaʊəl
Powell
ˈpaʊəl
rowel
ˈraʊəl
semivowel
ˈsɛmɪˌvaʊəl
towel
ˈtaʊəl
trowel
ˈtraʊəl
vowel
ˈvaʊəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISAVOWAL

disaster
disaster area
disaster capitalism
disaster fund
disaster movie
disaster relief
disaster zone
disastrous
disastrously
disattire
disattribution
disattune
disauthorise
disauthorize
disavaunce
disaventrous
disaventure
disavow
disavowable
disavower

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISAVOWAL

bestowal
cotwal
eschewal
kotwal
misbestowal
narwal
nonrenewal
phantom withdrawal
qawwal
renewal
reviewal
Sahiwal
self-renewal
Shawwal
twal
urban renewal
withdrawal

Synonyms and antonyms of disavowal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISAVOWAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «disavowal» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of disavowal

Translation of «disavowal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISAVOWAL

Find out the translation of disavowal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of disavowal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «disavowal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

否认
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desautorización
570 millions of speakers

English

disavowal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

इनकार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البراء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отрицание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

disavowal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অস্বীকৃতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

désaveu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melepaskan diri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verleugnung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

否認
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

disavowal
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Disavowal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không nhận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கைதுறப்பாய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनाकलनीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tanımama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

disconoscimento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyparcie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заперечення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

negare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποκήρυξη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontkenning
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avståndstagande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

disavowal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of disavowal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISAVOWAL»

The term «disavowal» is regularly used and occupies the 70.160 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISAVOWAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about disavowal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISAVOWAL»

Discover the use of disavowal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to disavowal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Richard Wagner, Fritz Lang, and the Nibelungen: The ...
This highly original book draws on narrative and film theory, psychoanalysis, and musicology to explore the relationship between aesthetics and anti-Semitism in two controversial landmarks in German culture.
David J. Levin, 1999
2
Islam: Questions and Answers: Alliance and Amity, Disavowal ...
This book, Alliance and Amity, Disavowal and Enmity, is the sixth volume of a series of authoritative Islamic books entitled Islam: Questions And Answers.
Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman, 2003
3
Fetishism and Curiosity
Psychoanalytic theory distinguishes between fetishistic disavowal and the process of displacement in the language of the unconscious. In both cases, the link between sign and reference is lost but the concept of disavowal can contain the ...
Laura Mulvey, 1996
4
Mimesis, Masochism, & Mime: The Politics of Theatricality in ...
Bhabha, The Location of Culture, 66-92, and Rodowick, The Difficulty of Difference, 84-94, relate the procedures of disavowal to the praxis of minority and colonial politics. 52. Silverman, Male Subjectivity, 206. 53. Gilles Deleuze, Masochism: ...
Timothy Murray, 1997
5
Modern Times: Reflections on a Century of English Modernity
An innovative collection addressing the emergence of modern identities and cultural forms in urban England over the past 100 years. `This book will help set the agenda for cultural analysis for years to come.
Mica Nava, Alan O'Shea, 2013
6
Every Inch a Woman: Phallic Possession, Femininity, and the Text
Freud dubs this process 'disavowal' and explains how, under its influence, the child both maintains his belief in his mother's phallus and renounces it, taking as a symbol for that paradox of possession and lack the substitute penis - the fetish.
Carellin Brooks, 2006
7
Engaging with Climate Change: Psychoanalytic and ...
Disavowal is part of a pathological organization. With disavowal, anxiety may be systematically gotten rid of, sometimes in a flash, through a range of 'quick fixes'. A central quick fix is minimizing or obliterating any sense that facing reality ...
Sally Weintrobe, 2012
8
The Roots of Perception: Individual Differences in ...
The same two M subjects were also scored for disavowal 5d, a characteristic that otherwise was more often found in H subjects than in other subjects (frequencies 7 vs. 8 and 5 vs. 28, p=0.05). Incidentally, all subjects with disavowal 5d were ...
U. Hentschel, G. Smith, J.G. Draguns, 1986
9
An Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis
disavowal. (déni) Freud uses the term Verleugnung to denote 'a specific mode of defence which consists in the subject's refusing to recognise the reality of a traumatic perception' (Laplanche and Pontalis, 1967:118). He introduces the term in ...
Dylan Evans, Research Office in Evolutionary Robotics Dylan Evans, 2006
10
Male Trouble
His account of that libidinal infraction cannot be understood apart from the mechanism of disavowal, which he not only places at the center of its organization, but himself deploys throughout his study whenever he refuses to acknowledge the ...
Constance Penley, Sharon Willis, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISAVOWAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term disavowal is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Bill Cosby Scandal Proves Why Black Women's Lives Still Don't …
The disavowal of black women's experiences is a problem whose roots can be traced back to the sexual assault of black women in slave ... «Mic, Jul 15»
2
Super Furry Animals Return to New York and Talk | Village Voice
A disavowal of the work that'd come before — the brashness of debut LP Fuzzy Logic, the manic busyness of Guerrilla — signaling a newfound ... «Village Voice, Jul 15»
3
Cat out of the bag: Obama's hostility to Israel exposed - The …
This was a rejection of the policy of President George W. Bush, and disavowal of his April 14, 2004 letter with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ... «The Commentator, Jul 15»
4
Trump, immigrants, and how far Latinos have to go - Houston …
There was no chorus of disavowal from leading Republicans, and Fox News lost no advertising as it continued to provide a stage for the ... «Houston Chronicle, Jul 15»
5
The 'sanitized' schools report: Mystery solved :: Cayman Compass
... Blanchard “decided she should not tamper with the integrity of the report” — which supports Ms. Blanchard's later disavowal of responsibility.) «Cayman Compass, Jul 15»
6
'Love where you live', and other lies of gentrification
All these (and many more) are symptomatic of a language of disavowal. It denigrates existing residents and paints them as unworthy of their ... «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
7
Subway's Jared Fogle, founder of kid's health charity, under …
Despite the disavowal of Taylor's alleged criminal activities, the reality is that Taylor had been Executive Director and the sole employee of the ... «MedCity News, Jul 15»
8
Greek 'No' Vote Sends European Bond Investors A Dose Of Reality …
Greek voters' disavowal of a bailout package being offered by European financial authorities is creating a gut-check for investors betting on a ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
9
Racism finds new home on the Internet
But the manifesto attributed to Roof included a chilling complaint about the movement's disavowal of violence. “We have no skinheads, no real ... «Times LIVE, Jul 15»
10
Burying The Lede, Making The Innocent Guilty: The MSM's New …
... he had no ties to them and opposed their disavowal of violence is just the latest example of the media “making the innocent guilty.” Alexander ... «VDARE.com, Jul 15»

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