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denialist

denialist

8 8.0
A person who refuses to accept well-known facts, often about science or history
  • noun
  • /dɪˈnaɪəlɪst/
translation icon : negacionista
  • As a denialist, she ignores the scientific consensus on climate change and insists that it is a hoax.
  • denialist of warming
  • denialist of climate change
  • denialist of AIDS

Examples

  • Neither, I am referring to the start of the program against the "sceptics", usually called "denialists."

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  • It'll be interesting to see whether I start getting some defensive denialist pushback on it; somehow I rather fancy so.

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  • You have a fantasy that I am a climate denialist, but I do not reject the data.

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  • When questioned on that excuse, some of the denialists actually have provided scientific references.

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  • Just because the denialist camp finds it cutting and clever doesn't mean anyone else will.

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  • I've asked denialists before and never had an answer, so I'll ask you.

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  • I think this is the difference between a real skeptic and a simple denialist or conspiracy theorist.

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  • And a common theme among the denialists is their ignorance about the very basic principles of physics.

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  • Is it not an absolute certainty that I shall be calumniated as a heretical denialist for asking these questions?

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  • I've seen some very intelligent and thoughtful discussion there, and also some absolute head-in-the-sand denialist comfort food.

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Synonyms

skeptic
vsdenialist
  • US
77 4.1

A person who often doubts accepted ideas and asks for proof

refuses facts and consensus rather than merely doubting them
denier
vsdenialist
27 8.4

A person who refuses to believe clear evidence

refuses specifically established facts and scientific or historical consensus
disbeliever
vsdenialist
4 5.5

A person who does not accept an idea or religion

refuses established facts and consensus specifically rather than general disbelief
dogmatist
vsdenialist
1 8.4

A person who strongly holds their own beliefs and does not listen to other views

rejects accepted facts and consensus rather than clinging to personal opinion
rejecter
vsdenialist
1 4.0

A person who refuses to accept an idea or plan

is focused on rejecting established facts and consensus rather than general disagreement
antirationalist
vsdenialist
  • Specialized
9.4

A person who opposes using reason to form beliefs or make decisions

refuses established facts and scientific consensus rather than opposing reason itself
antirational
vsdenialist
9.9

A person who rejects reason and logic when making decisions or holding beliefs

focuses on refusal of facts and consensus rather than an abstract rejection of reason

Antonyms

believer
343 3.2

A person who accepts something as true and often supports it, for example a religion or idea

Compounds

climate denialist
1 7.8

A person who refuses to accept that humans cause global warming despite evidence from scientists

How Rejecting

denier
27 8.4
denialist
8 8.0
skeptic
  • US
77 4.1
doubter
19 4.2

Surface Forms

denialist singular
denialists plural

Morphology

denialist = denial (transparent) = denial + ist

Standard agentive formation: 'denial' + '-ist' yields 'a person who denies or practices denial', which is directly interpretable.

Etymology

Denialist comes from the common verb deny ('say no' or 'refuse to accept') plus the ending -ist ('person who'). A denialist is therefore a person who refuses to accept well-known facts or scientific evidence.