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  • noun Plural form of negationist.

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Examples

  • France's government says it is important to "take action against negationists."

    Turkey Slams France on Genocide Bill Joe Parkinson 2012

  • For this film gives ammunition to Holocaust negationists, to the Archbishop Williamsons of the world, to the people who would tell us that the Shoah is a mass exaggeration.

    Rod Lurie: The Holocaust Revisionism of Hollywood 2009

  • These 7/7-deniers seem to fall into the same mindset as the historical negationists who pretend that the holocaust never happened.

    If you are a conspiracy theorist.... Rachel 2006

  • He called for collective responsibility in denouncing Genocide deniers and negationists adding that by meeting this challenge, the world will match the resolve of the survivors and truly honour those who died during the Genocide.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2009

  • But broadcasts giving free scope to "genocidaires and negationists of the genocide" would not be tolerated, said Minister of Information Louise Mushikiwabo on Rwanda Radio.

    BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition 2009

  • He categorically dismissed negationists who try to describe the tragic event as not genocide, who instead claim it was spontaneous violence by individuals following the death of the then Rwandan President, Juvenal Habyarimana.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2009

  • Let the revisionists and negationists be reminded that there are those who lived to tell the story.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2009

  • But broadcasts giving free scope to "genocidaires and negationists of the genocide" would not be tolerated, said Minister of Information Louise Mushikiwabo on Rwanda Radio.

    BBC (UK) Homepage main promotional content 2009

  • He categorically dismissed negationists who try to describe the tragic event as not genocide, who instead claim it was spontaneous violence by individuals following the death of the then Rwandan President, Juvenal Habyarimana.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2009

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