Word: denialism
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...what does "no" mean? According to the Oxford American Dictionary, "no" is "used as a denial or refusal of something." Maybe that is a definition we can all start to agree on for the future...
This capacity for denial even in the face of manifest evidence may strike Westerners as absurd, but it is deeply rooted in the Arab psyche's mixture of bravado, rhetoric and religious conviction. Arabs denied Israel's existence for decades and believed that Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser had a trick up his sleeve when his air force was destroyed in the first hours of the 1967 war. Fouad Subhi, a butcher at the Baqa'a refugee camp near Amman, still puts his faith in Saddam: "After he rebuilds Iraq, he will try to liberate Palestine again...
...striking example of this denial can be seen in some recent reactions to acquaintance rape--now declared a "PC" issue and thus an hystericized red herring presented by rabid feminists to emasculate...
...another recent instance of denial through labels, an administrator, discussing the "PC hegemony," reportedly complained that some colleges were treating acquaintance rape like it was a serious problem, actually forcing students to attend a meeting to discuss the issue...
...Area Denial Weapons. Cluster bombs that wreak great damage over a particular...