naysayerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Origin: 1715–1725, from nay +‎ say +‎ -er, equivalent to naysay +‎ -er. First recorded use: 1721.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈneɪˌseɪ.ə(ɹ)/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈneɪˌseɪ.ɚ/
• ハイフネーション: nay‧say‧er

名詞

naysayer (plural naysayers)

1. One who consistently denies, criticizes, or doubts; a detractor.

   He ignored the naysayers and succeeded with his idea.

   • 2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:

     As for the IRP, Secretary of State Grant Shapps continues to peddle snake oil, smoke and mirrors. His reaction to near-universal IRP condemnation from politicians, local and national media, and all but a few rail specialists was to dismiss the lot of us (in the condescending and patronising tone we have now come to expect) as "critics and naysayers".

同意語

• pessimist, doubter, cynic

反意語

• yeasayer, yea-sayer

関連する語

• naysaying, nay-saying

参照

• “naysayer”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.