denialist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of denialist
First recorded in 1955–60; denial ( def. ) + -ist ( def. )
Example Sentences
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“There are ways that the climate crisis can intensify these logics, even while drawing from climate denialist discourses,” Callison said.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2024
All in all, they have many opportunities to find financial support for this kind of denialist approach.
From Scientific American ● May 12, 2023
It has cast a damning light on Europe’s bungling, inhumane and denialist stance toward the problem.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2023
Johnson, famous for years of writing climate denialist columns, has described a “road to Damascus” moment after his scientific advisors confronted him with the facts.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 5, 2022
Even those who are genuinely committed to alternatives to western rationality and science can wield denialist rhetoric that apes precisely the kind of scientism they despise.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 3, 2018
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