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denialist

UK/dɪˈnaɪ(j)əlɪst/

denialist noun: one who denies an assertion in a controversial debate.

Noun

denialist (plural denialists)

  1. (derogatory) 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.2004, The Sunday Times, November 21 (online)
    • 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.2005, The Cape Times 2005-03-11 (online)

Adjective

denialist (comparative more denialist, superlative most denialist)

  1. Relating to denial in a controversial debate.
    Synonyms:
    negationist

denialist meaning in Tamil

denialist in Tamil

மறுப்பாளர்

Synonyms of denialist

Forms of denialist

Noun
pluraldenialists
Adjective
comparativemore denialist
superlativemost denialist

Origin of denialist

From denial + -ist.

Words formed from denialist

Questions about denialist

What does denialist mean?
Denialist means one who denies an assertion in a controversial debate.
What is denialist in Tamil?
Denialist in Tamil is மறுப்பாளர். See Denialist meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is denialist?
Denialist can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce denialist?
Denialist is pronounced /dɪˈnaɪ(j)əlɪst/ (UK).
What is the plural of denialist?
The plural of denialist is denialists.

Words near denialist in the dictionary

  1. denial-of-service attack
  2. denial-of-service attacks
  3. Denialgate
  4. denialism
  5. denialisms
  6. denialist
  7. denialistic
  8. denialists
  9. denials
  10. denials of service
  11. deniance

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Adapted from Wiktionary: denialist (page history and authors); denialist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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