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denialist en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /dɪˈnaɪ(j)əlɪst/ (UK)
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Etymology
Etymology tree
English denial
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English denialist
From denial + -ist.
Meanings
-
Relating to denial in a controversial debate.
Forms
Relateds
denialism
Synonyms
negationist
Translations (6)
ca negacionista (relating to denial in a controversial debate) · it negazionista (relating to denial in a controversial debate) · fr négationniste (relating to denial in a controversial debate) · es negacionista (relating to denial in a controversial debate) · pt negacionista (relating to denial in a controversial debate) · gl negacionista (relating to denial in a controversial debate)
denialist en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /dɪˈnaɪ(j)əlɪst/ (UK)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
English denial
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English denialist
From denial + -ist.
Meanings
-
(derogatory) One who denies an assertion in a controversial debate.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has found in favour of the Treatment Action Campaign, which complained to it about an advertisement that was placed by a controversial German Aids denialist and which said, among other things, that anti-retrovirals were poisonous.
2005, The Cape Times 2005-03-11 (online)The whole point of the TAC and other Aids activists is that the country can never deal with its Aids problem while the president is an Aids denialist, and while the government keeps putting back the timetable for providing ARVs.
2004, The Sunday Times, November 21 (online)
Forms
Deriveds
climate denialist
Relateds
denier
Translations (12)
fi vastaväittäjä (one who denies an assertion in a controversial debate) · it negazionista (one who denies an assertion in a controversial debate) · de Leugner (one who denies an assertion in a controversial debate) · de Leugnerin (one who denies an assertion in a controversial debate) · pl denialistaka (one who denies an assertion in a controversial debate) · fi kiistäjä (one who denies an assertion in a controversial debate) · gl negacionista (one who denies an assertion in a controversial debate) · ca negacionista (one who denies an assertion in a controversial debate) · es negacionista (one who denies an assertion in a controversial debate) · fr négationniste (one who denies an assertion in a controversial debate) · pl denialista (one who denies an assertion in a controversial debate) · pt negacionista (one who denies an assertion in a controversial debate)