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denialism

noun
/dɪˈnaɪ(j)əlɪzəm/UK

Etymology

From denial + -ism.

  1. derived from *né✻
  2. derived from denegare
  3. derived from denoier
  4. inherited from denyen
  5. suffixed as denial — “deny + al”
  6. suffixed as denialism — “denial + ism”

Definitions

  1. The practice of rejecting propositions which are strongly supported by scientific or…

    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.

    • climate denialism; vaccine denialism; Holocaust denialism
    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for denialism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA