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denier: a standalone construct

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denier1 CONSTRUCTDenier (denialism)DIETHELM · DENIAL

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Public-health psychology

someone who refuses a well-evidenced conclusion and argues against it with recurring rhetorical moves rather than evidence.

In the study of denialism, a denier is someone who refuses to accept a well-evidenced conclusion and argues against it using recurring rhetorical moves rather than evidence, as with those who reject the science of HIV, vaccines, or climate change. Diethelm and McKee's 2008 Denialism: what is it and how should scientists respond? names the five hallmark tactics of the denier: manufacturing fake experts, demanding impossible standards of proof, cherry-picking, leaning on logical fallacies, and floating conspiracy theories. The referent is a rhetorical and psychological stance toward evidence, and it collides with the coin and the yarn unit only through a shared spelling.[1]

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Not applicable (a rhetorical and psychological stance)
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Identified by the presence of the characteristic denialist argumentative tactics rather than by a scale

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References

  1. Diethelm, P., & McKee, M. (2008). Denialism: What is it and how should scientists respond? The European Journal of Public Health, 19(1), 2–4. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckn139

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