Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who denies or expresses negation; especially, one who simply denies beliefs commonly held without asserting an opposite view.

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  • noun One who revises history in order to omit something that actually happened.

Etymologies

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negation +‎ -ist

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Examples

  • Far-right groups said they will protest outside the film's screening and a French member of parliament condemned it as a "negationist" rewriting of history.

    The Age News Headlines 2010

  • She was denounced in media outlets close to the government as a "negationist" of the genocide.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2010

  • She was denounced in media outlets close to the government as a "negationist" of the genocide.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2010

  • She was denounced in media outlets close to the government as a "negationist" of the genocide.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2010

  • "negationist" of the genocide or "divisionist" for public remarks made since her return from exile in January 2010 calling for the prosecution of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against Hutu by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF).

    Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News Releases Amnesty International 2010

  • "negationist" of the genocide or "divisionist" for public remarks made since her return from exile in January 2010 calling for the prosecution of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against Hutu by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF).

    Updates Feed 2010

  • "negationist" of the genocide or "divisionist" for public remarks made since her return from exile in January 2010 calling for the prosecution of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against Hutu by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF).

    Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News Releases Amnesty International 2010

  • "negationist" of the genocide or "divisionist" for public remarks made since her return from exile in January 2010 calling for the prosecution of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against Hutu by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF).

    Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News Releases Amnesty International 2010

  • Defending the bill, government minister Patrick Ollier told senators that legislation was justified in the "fight against the negationist poison".

    Armenian genocide denial to be banned in France as senators approve new law 2012

  • The unfortunate negationist interview of Williamson was not known to the Pope when he approved the decree: to read what happened as a change of direction with respect what was determined by the Council in the relations with the Jews was an instrumentalization, to which even Catholics lent themselves, although the Pope admits that the scope of the measure should have been better clarified.

    Advance Report on the Papal Letter about the Lifting of the SSPX Excommunications II 2009

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