denialism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /dɪˈnaɪ(j)əlɪzəm/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree English deny Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English denial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English denialism From denial + -ism.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The practice of rejecting propositions which are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence, and often of seeking to influence policy processes and outcomes accordingly.
In other words, the pattern of resistance to the coronavirus vaccines looks less like COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and more like COVID-19 denialism.
2021 April 27, David A. Graham, “It’s Not Vaccine Hesitancy. It’s COVID-19 Denialism.”, in The Atlantic:At this point Rudd confronts a new denialism. Just as John Howard was wrong to deny the confessional value of the apology, many Laborites are wrong to deny the abject failures of past generation policies.
2008 February 16, Paul Kelly, The Australian:climate denialism; vaccine denialism; Holocaust denialism
Denialism is an expansion, an intensification, of denial. At root, denial and denialism are simply a subset of the many ways humans have developed to use language to deceive others and themselves. Denial can be as simple as refusing to accept that someone else is speaking truthfully.
2018 August 3, Keith Kahn-Harris, “Denialism: what drives people to reject the truth”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| denialisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (18)
fi kiistäminen (position of those who reject propositions that are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence) · de Verleugnung (position of those who reject propositions that are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence) · gl negacionismo (position of those who reject propositions that are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence) · sk popieračstvo (position of those who reject propositions that are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence) · hy ժխտողականություն (position of those who reject propositions that are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence) · sh denijalizam (position of those who reject propositions that are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence) · pt negacionismo (position of those who reject propositions that are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence) · de Leugnung (position of those who reject propositions that are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence) · sk popieranie (position of those who reject propositions that are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence) · sk poprenie (position of those who reject propositions that are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence) · pl negatywizm (position of those who reject propositions that are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence) · fi denialismi (position of those who reject propositions that are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence) · it negazionismo (position of those who reject propositions that are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence) · es negacionismo (position of those who reject propositions that are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence) · nl negationisme (position of those who reject propositions that are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence) · fr dénialisme (position of those who reject propositions that are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence) · cmn 否認論 /否认论 (position of those who reject propositions that are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence) · fr négationnisme (position of those who reject propositions that are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence)