Sąvokos „pritarimas“, „neigimas“, „menkinimas“ kaip lingvistinio tyrimo objektai

The article discusses the concepts of condonation, denial or trivialisation of events that are considered international crimes. Discussion is based on the English text of the Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA, dictionaries and works of the law, communication, and linguistic specialists. The article also reviews the diversity of linguistic ways to express condonation, denial, and trivialisation. Condonation includes various expressions of positive evaluation: statements that events were right and proper, gratitude, praise, or justifications Event denial is commonly implemented through the confirmation of contrarian information. Events can be trivialised by denying their significance, scale, mocking, or using a lexicon expressing humiliation. Expressions of condonation, denial, and trivialisation are illustrated by examples from expert practice and social media.