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negacionista

Portuguese, noun/ne.ɡa.si.oˈnis.tɐ/

negacionista is spelled N-E-G-A-C-I-O-N-I-S-T-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 110,210th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Negacionista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “denialist, denier, negationist (one who denies an assertion in a controversial debate)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que nega a existência de determinado fato científico ou social; que comete negacionismo”.

What does negacionista mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinedenialist, denier, negationist (relating to denial in a controversial debate)

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinedenialist, denier, negationist (one who denies an assertion in a controversial debate)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que nega a existência de determinado fato científico ou social, que comete negacionismo

noun: 1. aquele que nega a existência de determinado fato científico ou social; que comete negacionismo

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of negacionista

  • negacionistas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce negacionista?

  • Brazil /ne.ɡa.si.oˈnis.tɐ/
  • Brazil /ne.ɡa.sjoˈnis.tɐ/
  • /ne.ɡa.si.oˈniʃ.tɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to negacionista

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is negacionista in Portuguese?

negacionista appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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