The phrase "acts of denial" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe behaviors or actions that involve refusing to acknowledge a truth or reality.
Example: "The therapist noted several acts of denial during the session, indicating the patient's struggle to confront their feelings."
Alternatives: "instances of denial" or "forms of denial".
Mr Ron Davies joined the ranks of the immortals by his acts of denial.
A deaf actor may have been an unusual choice for the drama, presented by the troupe Nicu's Spoon, but Mr. Fudenske makes for an intriguing presence in the world of "Buried Child," where a family's dark secrets — incest, alcoholism, murder — are hidden under sofa cushions or buried out back in daily acts of denial until they are passed down to the next generation.
May then lists a long series of damaging incidents and acts of denial, from Hillsborough and the Lawrence case to the death of Ian Tomlinson and Plebgate – over which a fourth officer was dismissed from the force only yesterday – before concluding that it is time for the police "to show the public that you get it".
There is, however, no clear syntactic restriction on speech acts of denial, as denials can be realized not only by assertions of negated sentences but, for example, also by means of irony.
Therefore, if it is held that to deny is to assert a negation, the idea is that acts of denial can be analyzed as assertions of (propositions expressed by) negated sentences.
In fits and false starts, Benjamin and Lisa persuade Mona to give up the acts of self-denial.
Still, in your work, you are constantly contrasting your love of food, smoking and sensual pleasures with the acts of self-denial demanded by the mullahs, like wearing a chador.
Acts of self-denial, generosity, kindness to those who have injured us, and the pleasure of being allowed the privilege of benefiting others, might be introduced with advantage, among the rewards and incentives to good conduct.
His acts of self-denial, he claimed, denied him nothing; while the townspeople toiled away, slaves to their debts and accumulated furniture, he was free to roam the woods.
Were it contrary to the law of nature mandating self-preservation, all acts of self-denial or privation would be similarly unlawful.
From then until meltdown on 26 November 2003, the SDLP engaged in an incredible act of denial.
