denialism

denial of basic facts and concepts that are accepted by the scientific consensus
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denialism

Summary

denialism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (560 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • denialism is a type of human behavior[2].
  • denialism comprises Holocaust denial[3].
  • denialism comprises HIV/AIDS denialism[4].
  • denialism comprises climate change denial[5].
  • denialism comprises Nakba denial[6].
  • denialism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Denialism[7].
  • denialism's has characteristic is recorded as denial[8].
  • denialism's has characteristic is recorded as misinformation[9].
  • denialism's has characteristic is recorded as irrationality[10].
  • denialism's different from is recorded as scientific skepticism[11].
  • denialism's uses is recorded as conspiracy theory[12].
  • denialism's uses is recorded as cherry picking[13].
  • denialism's uses is recorded as false attribution[14].
  • denialism's uses is recorded as moving the goalposts[15].
  • denialism's uses is recorded as shifting baseline[16].
  • denialism's uses is recorded as formal fallacy[17].
  • denialism's uses is recorded as false analogy[18].
  • denialism's uses is recorded as appeal to consequences[19].
  • denialism's uses is recorded as straw man argument[20].
  • denialism's uses is recorded as red herring[21].
  • denialism's uses is recorded as false equivalence[22].

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Definition and Type

denialism is a type of human behavior[2].

Use and Application

Components include Holocaust denial[3], a genocide denial[23]; HIV/AIDS denialism[4], a conspiracy theory[24]; climate change denial[5]; and Nakba denial[6], a historical negationism[25].

Why It Matters

denialism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (560 views/month).[1] denialism has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] denialism is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Topic's main category → Category:Denialism
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