denier

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /dɪˈnaɪɚ/ UK /dɪˈnaɪə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person who refuses to admit the truth of something

The climate denier dismissed the mounting scientific evidence.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who refuses to... disbelievernegationistrejectionistskeptic

Opposites

believeradmitteraffirmer

Word family

Related forms deny denial

Etymology

Formed from the verb deny plus the agentive suffix -er; deny is from Old French denier, from Latin denegare ('to deny, refuse'), from de- (intensive) plus negare ('to deny').

denegare Latin negare Latin

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# denier

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈnaɪɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈnaɪə/

## Meanings
1. a person who refuses to admit the truth of something

## Examples
- The climate denier dismissed the mounting scientific evidence.

## Synonyms
- disbeliever
- negationist
- rejectionist
- skeptic

## Antonyms
- believer
- admitter
- affirmer

## Related Forms
- deny
- denial

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: denegare
- Root: negare

## Etymology
Formed from the verb deny plus the agentive suffix -er; deny is from Old French denier, from Latin denegare ('to deny, refuse'), from de- (intensive) plus negare ('to deny').

## AI Etymology
Denier has the etymological history Formed from the verb deny plus the agentive suffix -er; deny is from Old French denier, from Latin denegare ('to deny, refuse'), from de- (intensive) plus negare ('to deny'). The ancestry passes through Latin denegare and Latin negare. The prefix de- often marks removal, reversal, or downward motion in Latin formations, helping to explain the word's surface structure; the suffix -er marks an agent, instrument, or associated person, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as a noun, it means "a person who refuses to admit the truth of something", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include deny and denial.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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