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Denis de Rougemont

Denis de Rougemont , 1906-85, French philosopher and critic, b. Switzerland. He moved to Paris in 1936 and published numerous articles on existentialism , some of which are collected in Les Personnes du drame (1945; tr. Dramatic Personages, 1964). From 1940 to 1947, Rougemont lectured in the United States, where he wrote La Part du diable [The devil's portion] (1944), about the European crisis of conscience. He also wrote the psychological-historical study L'Amour et l'occident (1939; tr. Love in the Western World, 1956).

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deny XIII. ME. denie — tonic stem-form deni- of (O)F. dénier, earlier deneier, denoier :- L. dēnegāre, f. DE- 3 + negāre (see NEGATION).
Hence denial XVI; see -AL 2.

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de·ny / diˈnī/ • v. (-nies, -nied) [tr.] refuse to admit the truth or existence of (something): they deny any responsibility for the tragedy. ∎ refuse to give (something requested or desired) to (someone): the inquiry was denied access to intelligence sources. ∎ refuse to accept or agree to: judges would retain the discretion to grant or deny the requests. ∎ refuse to acknowledge or recognize; disown: Peter repeatedly denied Jesus. ∎ (deny oneself) refrain from satisfying oneself: he had denied himself sexually for years. ∎ archaic refuse access to (someone): the servants are ordered to deny him.

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