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denialism

[ dih-nahy-uh-lizuhm ]

noun

  1. to refuse to accept the existence, truth, or validity of something despite evidence or reasonable support for it:

    Her cynical embrace of election denialism was part of her campaign strategy rather than a reflection of sincerely held concern for ballot security.



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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of denialism1

First recorded in 1870–75; denial ( def ) + -ism ( def )
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The high court declined in February to overturn the election results, but three GOP justices signed on to an opinion full of election denialism that implied that the challenged votes should be discarded.

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At a time of rising antisemitism and Holocaust denialism, when salient political and cultural figures are flirting with Nazi identification, the play sounds an alarm from history.

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You’d have to listen closely, however, to discern any major differences as Newsom chortled his way through a discussion of taxes, immigration, Savage’s climate-change denialism, his celebration of Tucker Carlson and the discrimination that Savage said he’s suffered as a white male.

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“Let’s stop with the denialism,” Tallbear said.

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So when Trump ran for president and won against Hillary Clinton in 2016, I wrote pieces exploring the denialism on the left that contributed to ignoring the danger he posed and latent issues in Hillary's campaign and candidacy that continue to plague the Democratic Party.

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