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denialist

noun
/dɪˈnaɪ(j)əlɪst/UK

Etymology

From denial + -ist.

  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 denialist — “denial + ist”

Definitions

  1. One who denies an assertion in a controversial debate.

    • 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.

  2. Relating to denial in a controversial debate.

The neighborhood

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