Definitions
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- v. Present participle of nay-say.
- n. Negating; denial; the personality trait of contrariness.
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Examples
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More haka nay-saying, this time from Danny Clayton.
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July 10th, 2009 5: 59 pm ET more republican sensationalizing a trivial non-issue. instead of nay-saying, when, oh WHEN are they going to even just try to come up with some plans for getting the problems we have under control?
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But each work represents a carefully researched, keenly reasoned, and pioneering effort at comprehending occult topics and personas without lapsing into the kind of excessive credulity or a knee-jerk nay-saying that often clouds our ability to evaluate fringe movements.
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Intent on being as bold, brash and undeterred as possible and brooking little nay-saying from any quarter, she even felt free to jump the gun on movies made by directors whom she championed.
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I can't think of better hands for this critical decision to rest in than the school's parents, staff, and community residents, and a better antidote to the nay-saying oligarchs.
Julie Woestehoff: Education "Reformers" Next Target? "One-Size-Fits-All" Democracy
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Even compared to Margaret Thatcher's day, they really cannot be bothered with more British nay-saying: we don't want to leave you but we think you ought to go.
Can Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband now come together on Europe? | Jackie Ashley
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Keep up the fine work, Field & Stream, and pay no attention to the nay-saying minority.
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I can see where someone like Snowe would use her head instead of knee-jerk No-ism, but most of them are clearly cowed by the Limbaughs and the perceived "strength" of the nay-saying base.
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He supported electoral reform but his party's nay-saying wing appears to have exerted a stronger influence among voters.
Coalition: Mr Clegg must reassert his core values | Observer editorial
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Since "Ideologically pure" is such an oxymoronic phrase - (the Nazis were ideologically pure, but so not-pure in practice,) I can't imagine how you can think it applies to a group of confused tea-bag toting, ideologically befuddled and nay-saying critics like the party that lost the last presidential election.
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