Usually means: Opposition or negativity towards ideas.
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  1. naysaying: Vocabulary.com
  2. Naysaying, naysaying: Wordnik
  3. naysaying: Wiktionary
  4. naysaying: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. naysaying: Dictionary.com
  6. naysaying: Rhymezone
  7. naysaying: FreeDictionary.org
  8. naysaying: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. naysaying: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  A refusal, denial, or negation.

Similar:
nay-saying, negation, nayward, denial, negative, abnegation, negativation, nonaffirmation, disavowal, nolition, more...

Opposite:
affirmation, agreement, approval, support

Types:
criticism, objection, disapproval, dissent, more...



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Similar:
nay-saying, negation, nayward, denial, negative, abnegation, negativation, nonaffirmation, disavowal, nolition, more...

Opposite:
affirmation, agreement, approval, support

Types:
criticism, objection, disapproval, dissent, more...



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