Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

negationism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nega-tion-ism
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The revision of history in order to omit something that actually happened.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Across the world ruling elites have become ever more prone to historical negationism"

Etymology

From negation + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: negation

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

negationisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

negationist

Synonyms

denialism

Questions

What does negationism mean?: The revision of history in order to omit something that actually happened.
Where does negationism come from?: From negation + -ism.

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