Denialist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɪˈnaɪ(j)əlɪst/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Denialist is a noun meaning (derogatory) One who denies an assertion in a controversial debate.
Meaning
(derogatory) One who denies an assertion in a controversial debate.
More Meanings
- Relating to denial in a controversial debate.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Word Forms
- denialists
Synonyms for denialist
Depending on context, synonyms include negationist.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include denier, gainsayer, naysayer, denigrator, controverter, denial.
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