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denialist en · ADJ

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

  1. Relating to denial in a controversial debate.

Forms

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more denialist Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most denialist Degree=Sup lexicographic

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

  1. (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

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denialists Number=Plur lexicographic

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)