different between denialism vs denialist

English

Etymology

From denial +? -ism.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??na?(j)?l?z?m/

Noun

denialism (usually uncountable, plural denialisms)

1. The practice of rejecting propositions which are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence, and often of seeking to influence policy processes and outcomes accordingly.
   • 2008 February 16, Paul Kelly, The Australian:

     At this point Rudd confronts a new denialism. Just as John Howard was wrong to deny the confessional value of the apology, many Laborites are wrong to deny the abject failures of past generation policies.

Synonyms

• negationism

Related terms

• denialist

Translations

Anagrams

• aldimines, melaniids, mine dials

English

Etymology

denial +? -ist

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??na?(j)?l?st/

Noun

denialist (plural denialists)

1. (derogatory) One who denies an assertion in a controversial debate.
   • 2004, The Sunday Times, November 21 (online)

     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.

   • 2005, The Cape Times 2005-03-11 (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.

Usage notes

• This is usually used by those who make the assertion, or by those who implicitly hold the assertion to be true, of others. It is rarely used self-descriptively.

Translations

See also

• denier

Adjective

denialist (comparative more denialist, superlative most denialist)

1. Relating to denial in a controversial debate.

Translations

Synonyms

• negationist

Related terms

• denialism

Anagrams

• Latinised, disentail