否ひ認にん

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否認する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	否ひ認にんする	否ひ認にんしない
Polite	否ひ認にんします	否ひ認にんしません
Past polite	否ひ認にんしました	否ひ認にんしませんでした
Past	否ひ認にんした	否ひ認にんしなかった
Te-form	否ひ認にんして	否ひ認にんしないで
Desire	否ひ認にんしたい	否ひ認にんしたくない
Potential	否ひ認にんできる	否ひ認にんできない
Passive	否ひ認にんされる	否ひ認にんされない
Causative	否ひ認にんさせる	否ひ認にんさせない
Causative passive	否ひ認にんさせられる	否ひ認にんさせられない
Volitional	否ひ認にんしよう
Polite volitional	否ひ認にんしましょう
Imperative	否ひ認にんしろ	否ひ認にんするな
Conditional	否ひ認にんすれば	否ひ認にんしなければ
Tara conditional	否ひ認にんしたら	否ひ認にんしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

denial; negation; repudiation

Formal term for denying or refusing to acknowledge a fact, claim, accusation, or responsibility. Often used in legal, political, or official contexts.

彼かれはその疑ぎ惑わくを強つよく否ひ認にんした。
He strongly denied the allegation.
政せい府ふはその報ほう告こく書しょの内ない容ようを否ひ認にんしている。
The government is denying the contents of the report.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を否ひ認にんするto deny (a fact, accusation, or claim)
被ひ告こくは容よう疑ぎを否ひ認にんした。
The defendant denied the charges.
〈事こと〉を全ぜん面めん的てきに否ひ認にんするto flatly/completely deny something
彼かれは事じ件けんへの関かん与よを全ぜん面めん的てきに否ひ認にんした。
He flatly denied any involvement in the incident.
責せき任にんを否ひ認にんするto deny responsibility (for something)
会かい社しゃは事じ故この責せき任にんを否ひ認にんしている。
The company is denying responsibility for the accident.

Kanji

否negate, no, noes
認acknowledge, witness, discern

Related words

否ひ定ていN3
否定 is the common, general word for denying or negating something, while 否認 is a more formal term used especially in legal or official contexts to reject a claim or accusation.
打うち消けしN1
否認 is a formal term for denying a fact, allegation, or responsibility, whereas 打ち消し is specifically used in grammar for negative expressions.
拒きょ否ひN2
否認 means denying a fact or allegation (e.g. in court), while 拒否 means refusing a request, demand, or proposal.
打うち消けすN2
否認する is a formal, often legal term for denying an accusation, whereas 打ち消す is used more broadly for denying rumors or statements.

Opposites· 9

承しょう認にんN2
承認 means to approve or officially acknowledge something as true or valid, the opposite of 否認, which means to deny or refuse to acknowledge it.
認にん定てい
否認 means to deny or refuse to acknowledge something, the opposite of 認定, which is to officially recognize or certify it.
公こう認にんN1
公認 means to officially recognize or approve something, while 否認 means to officially deny or disavow it.

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認にん知ち
否認 means to deny or refuse to acknowledge something (such as paternity), the opposite of 認知's legal acknowledgement of parentage.
自じ白はくN1
否認 means to deny an accusation or charge, the direct opposite of admitting guilt as in 自白.
白はく状じょうN1
否認 means to deny an accusation, the opposite of 白状, which means to confess it.
是ぜ認にん
否認 means to deny or refuse to acknowledge something as true or valid, the direct opposite of 是認, which affirms it as correct.
自じ供きょう
否認 means to deny an accusation, the direct opposite of 自供, which means to confess to it.
容よう認にん
否認 means to deny or disavow something, contrasting with 容認's act of accepting or tolerating it.

Don't confuse with

拒きょ否ひN2
拒否 means refusing to accept a request, offer, or demand, whereas 否認 means denying that something is true or valid, such as an accusation.
否ひ決けつN1
否決 means voting down a proposal or bill, while 否認 means denying a fact, allegation, or claim, with no vote involved.

Word family

発はっ信しんの否ひ認にん不ふ能のう
non-repudiation of submission
発はっ生せい源げんの否ひ認にん不ふ能のう
non-repudiation of origin

Etymology

Compound of 否 (hi, 'no, deny') and 認 (nin, 'acknowledge, recognize'). The combination literally means 'deny acknowledgment'.