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January 20[edit]

Opposite of denialism[edit]

Denialism means you refuse to accept some popular fact in a way that makes people think you are crazy. What would be the opposite of this, something like accepting a popular fact so strongly that it is mental? KuhmoMan (talk) 12:30, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Gullibility? Delusion? Deor (talk) 13:01, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Conformity - the act of matching attitudes, beliefs and behaviors to group norms. Gandalf61 (talk) 13:31, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

See also: Sheeple ~:71.20.250.51 (talk) 17:29, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Dogmatism KägeTorä - (影虎) (TALK) 17:43, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, nobody mentioned Ayn Rand, I'm impressed -- 19:33, 20 January 2014‎ 88.104.19.169

She is not an "-ism". KägeTorä - (影虎) (TALK) 19:53, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Denialism means refusing to accept a well-established fact, not just a "popular" fact. Accepting a well-established fact is called being reasonable. How strongly do you accept that 2+2=4? I don't think it's possible to accept it so strongly as to be mental. --Bowlhover (talk) 22:21, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]