nay-saying
See also: naysaying
English
Alternative forms
Noun
nay-saying (countable and uncountable, plural nay-sayings)
- Alternative form of naysaying
- 2000, John F. McGrew, John G. Bilotta, “The effectiveness of risk management: measuring what didn't happen”, in Management Decision, volume 38, number 4, page 295:
- We need a tool to extract from the risk assessment and intervention contingency tables any bias toward yea-saying or nay-saying.
References
- “naysaying”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
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