deniable

English

Etymology

From deny +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈnaɪ(j)əbəɫ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪəbəl

Adjective

deniable (comparative more deniable, superlative most deniable)

1. Able to be denied or contradicted.
   • 2014, “Little Green Men”: A Primer on Modern Russian Unconventional Warfare, Ukraine 2013–2014‎, Fort Bragg, North Carolina: The United States Army Special Operations Command, page 46:

     Supported and authorized to act from Moscow, the Cossack leaders, including Mozhaev, maintain tenuous and deniable links to Russia to ensure they retain their freedom to act as volunteer paramilitaries.

Derived terms

• deniable authentication
• deniable encryption
• deniably
• indeniable
• nondeniable

Translations

able to be denied or contradicted

Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kiistettävä, kiistettävissä oleva Galician: please add this translation if you can German: abstreitbar, bestreitbar (de) Korean: please add this translation if you can Manx: so-obbal Norwegian: please add this translation if you can Polish: zaprzeczalny (pl), wątpliwy (pl) Russian: отрицаемый (ru) (otricajemyj) Swedish: möjlig att förneka (sv), osvuren (sv)