Meanings
plural denialists
- derogatoryOne 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)1 more example
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)
comparative more denialist · superlative most denialist
- Relating to denial in a controversial debate.
Synonyms: negationist
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveRelating to denial in a controversial debate.
Origin
Translations
Catalan negacionista, negacionista
- negacionistaone who denies an assertion in a controversial debate
- negacionistarelating to denial in a controversial debate
Finnish kiistäjä, vastaväittäjä
- kiistäjäone who denies an assertion in a controversial debate
- vastaväittäjäone who denies an assertion in a controversial debate
French négationniste, négationniste
- négationnisteone who denies an assertion in a controversial debate
- négationnisterelating to denial in a controversial debate
German Leugner, Leugnerin
- Leugnerone who denies an assertion in a controversial debate
- Leugnerinone who denies an assertion in a controversial debate
Italian negazionista, negazionista
- negazionistaone who denies an assertion in a controversial debate
- negazionistarelating to denial in a controversial debate
Polish denialista, denialistaka
- denialistaone who denies an assertion in a controversial debate
- denialistakaone who denies an assertion in a controversial debate
Portuguese negacionista, negacionista
- negacionistaone who denies an assertion in a controversial debate
- negacionistarelating to denial in a controversial debate
Spanish negacionista, negacionista
- negacionistaone who denies an assertion in a controversial debate
- negacionistarelating to denial in a controversial debate
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Cite this entry
denialist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/denialist
“denialist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/denialist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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