denialist
/dɪˈnaɪ(j)əlɪst/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English denial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English denialist From denial + -ist.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /dɪˈnaɪ(j)əlɪst/