Naysay

From nay + say

Full definition of naysay

(plural naysays)

(chiefly US) Alternative spelling of nay-say A refusal, denial, gainsay, disagreement or negation

1897, William Morris, The Water of the Wondrous Isles Chapter Chapter XII. Birdalone Cometh Again to the Isle of Queens, and Findeth a Perilous Adventure Therein, And her bare feet fell to telling her clad sides of the sweet coolness of the water, and waited for no naysay, ...

(chiefly US) Alternative spelling of nay-say say no to; deny, disagree, or oppose

1897, William Morris, The Water of the Wondrous Isles Chapter Chapter VI. Of the sunder, I shall nowise naysay thee this, for I love thee, and now and ever shalt thou be unto me as a brother, ...
2008, Jan, Arden Dale, Want to Sell a Business? You May Not Be Ready., He advises that board members must have solid knowledge of business in general and be independent enough to naysay the owner at times.
2009, Nov, Alex Massie, Nicholas, The March of the Surveillance State, comments, This amount of bureaucratic surveillance and cross-referencing is very resonant of East Germany (whatever the paranoia accusing naysayers naysay) ...