NAYSAYER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone with an aggressively negative attitude

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("naysayer" is a kind of...):

obstructer; obstructionist; obstructor; resister; thwarter (someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "naysayer"):

technophobe (a person who dislikes or avoids new technology)

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