denier

¹

[ dih-nahy-er ]

noun

1. a person who denies.
2. a person who refuses to accept the existence, truth, or validity of something despite evidence or general support for it: It makes no sense for an environmental watchdog agency to hire a denier of climate change.

   The writer is a Holocaust denier.

   It makes no sense for an environmental watchdog agency to hire a denier of climate change.

   Election deniers continue to question the integrity of the ballot counts.

denier

²

[ duh-neer den-yer; French duh-nyey ]

noun

1. a unit of weight indicating the fineness of fiber filaments and yarns, both silk and synthetic, and equal to a yarn weighing one gram per each 9,000 meters: used especially in indicating the fineness of women's hosiery.
2. any of various coins issued in French-speaking regions, especially a coin of France, originally of silver but later of copper, introduced in the 8th century and continued until 1794.

denier

¹

/ dɪˈnaɪə /

noun

1. a person who denies

denier

²

noun

1. ˈdɛnɪˌeɪˈdɛnjə a unit of weight used to measure the fineness of silk and man-made fibres, esp when woven into women's tights, etc. It is equal to 1 gram per 9000 metres
2. dəˈnjeɪ-ˈnɪə any of several former European coins of various denominations

Usage Note

The words denier and denialism are used to describe people and positions that are opposed to the validity or veracity of an explanation or narrative put forth by an authority or expert. The words are commonly used in fixed compounds that truncate the name of the official account being called into question. Thus, a denier of climate change is often called a climate denier, and a movement that refuses to accept the integrity or official results of an election is referred to as election denialism. These expressions become fixed in their shortened form, and are often then associated with a specific counternarrative, rather than broadly applying to any and all denial associated with the modifying word (e.g., climate, election, evolution, genocide).

Word History and Origins

Origin of denier¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; deny + -er ¹( def )

Origin of denier²

1375–1425; late Middle English < Old French < Latin dēnārius denarius

Word History and Origins

Origin of denier¹

C15: from Old French: coin, from Latin dēnārius denarius

Example Sentences

That’s one of the first things Do worried about — his vaccinated staff getting sick from vaccine deniers coming into his restaurant, maskless, pretending they are vaccinated.

From Washington Post

Adan Meza and Socorro Meza Madera — Mayra’s parents — were not covid deniers.

From Washington Post

Jair Bolsonaro is trying to shed his image as a “coronavirus denier”.

From Time

It’s meant as a symbol of all the climate-change deniers, the wall text says.

From Washington Post

Unfortunately, some have naively suggested that science has unequivocally resolved how reading must be taught to every child and that those who disagree are science deniers.

From Washington Post

Inhofe is not just a climate-change denier; he is a warrior for corporate-funded half-truths and outright lies.

From The Daily Beast

A weird thing to quibble about, considering he is a moon landing denier.

From The Daily Beast

Specifically, they got all rage-y because I referred to Jones as a “moon landing denier.”

From The Daily Beast

Watson is taking issue—rather impolitely, I might add—with what I consider a moon landing denier.

From The Daily Beast

And The New York Times routinely—and correctly—tags Irving with the Holocaust-denier label.

From The Daily Beast

Her husband has become a farmer of the huitime denier,270 and made a prodigious fortune in less than six years.

From Project Gutenberg

So they left, and heard his shrill curse, when he saw Richard tossed forth never a denier.

From Project Gutenberg

"I have not a denier in my pockets," said the Chevalier, with a short laugh.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1721 a copper currency was struck for the colony at the mint of La Rochelle and Rouen of nine denier pieces.

From Project Gutenberg

Very useful in county business Denier, and laid hold of country life wonderfully, understood the obligations of a land-owner.

From Project Gutenberg