Nay-saying

Alternative forms

• naysaying

Verb

1. Present participle of nay-say

Full definition of nay-saying

Noun

1. Negating; denial; the personality trait of contrariness.
• 2000, John F. McGrew and John G. Bilotta, "The effectiveness of risk management: measuring what didn't happen," Management Decision, vol. 38, no. 4, p. 295,We need a tool to extract from the risk assessment and intervention contingency tables any bias toward yea-saying or nay-saying.