denialist
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8.3
- adjective
- /dɪˈnaɪəlist/
:
negacionista
- The article criticized the denialist approach to historical events, urging readers to consider the established facts.
Examples
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If you follow the money on the denialist side, though, you pretty much always end up at Big Oil.
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Frankly, ubybooby, that's the typically inflexible viewpoint of a confirmed Denialist zealot.
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Peter has, for years now, focused his efforts on confronting global warming denialism and providing stark evidence of the truth that shows denialist arguments to be deceptive fraud.
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But rather than do the work, she prefers to come here and plant that idiotic "violates the 2nd law of thermodynamics" meme that we've all heard a thousand times from more denialist idiots than the planet has room for.
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"Welcome to the rest of our lives" does not present denialist arguments, doesn't deal with Republican anti-science syndrome or hatred of a livable environmental system, doesn't dissect poor science, but provides an overview of the situation of where we are in terms of current weather conditions and changing climate, and links what we are seeing today to what will happen in the future.
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In the debate about climate change, he often takes a denialist stance, ignoring the scientific consensus.
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During the discussion, her denialist views on vaccination led to heated arguments with those advocating for public health.
Synonyms
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4.1
A person who often doubts accepted ideas and asks for proof
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8.4
A person who refuses to believe clear evidence
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8.4
A person who strongly holds their own beliefs and does not listen to other views
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4.0
A person who refuses to accept an idea or plan
A person who opposes using reason to form beliefs or make decisions
A person who rejects reason and logic when making decisions or holding beliefs
Antonyms
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3.2
A person who accepts something as true and often supports it, for example a religion or idea
Compounds
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7.8
A person who refuses to accept that humans cause global warming despite evidence from scientists
How Rejecting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Denialist comes from the common verb deny ('say no' or 'refuse to accept') and the ending -ist, which often names a kind of person or belief. So a denialist stance is one that refuses to accept well-known facts or clear evidence.