"yeasayer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈjeɪ.ˌseɪ.ə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈjeɪ.ˌseɪ.ɚ/ [US] Audio: en-au-yeasayer.ogg Forms: yeasayers [plural]
Etymology: Origin: 1915–1920, after naysayer, from yea + say + -er, equivalent to yeasay + -er. First recorded use: 1920. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|say|er|id2=agent noun}} say + -er, {{suffix|en|yeasay|er|id2=agent noun}} yeasay + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} yeasayer (plural yeasayers)
  1. One whose attitude is positive, optimistic, confidently affirmative.
    Sense id: en-yeasayer-en-noun-VgAmBKLq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 47 53
  2. (derogatory) One who habitually agrees uncritically. Tags: derogatory Translations (who habitually agrees uncritically): إِمَّعَة (ʔimmaʕa) [common-gender] (Arabic), přikyvovač (Czech), jees-mies (Finnish), Jasager [masculine] (German), Ja-Sager [masculine] (German), Jasagerin [feminine] (German), Ja-Sagerin [feminine] (German), leming [masculine] (Polish), przytakiwacz [masculine] (Polish), klakier [masculine] (Polish), подхалим (podxalim) [masculine] (Russian), подпевала (podpevala) [feminine, masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-yeasayer-en-noun-sl20aYk- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 52 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'who habitually agrees uncritically': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: optimist [positive], can-doer [positive], yes man [pejorative], doormat [pejorative], kowtower [pejorative], yea-sayer Related terms: yeasaying, yea-saying

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
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    }
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    "yea‧say‧er"
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      "word": "yeasaying"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "One whose attitude is positive, optimistic, confidently affirmative."
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        "One who habitually agrees uncritically."
      ],
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        "(derogatory) One who habitually agrees uncritically."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔimmaʕa",
          "sense": "who habitually agrees uncritically",
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          "word": "إِمَّعَة"
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          "sense": "who habitually agrees uncritically",
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          "sense": "who habitually agrees uncritically",
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          "sense": "who habitually agrees uncritically",
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          "_dis1": "9 91",
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          "roman": "podxalim",
          "sense": "who habitually agrees uncritically",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "подхалим"
        },
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          "roman": "podpevala",
          "sense": "who habitually agrees uncritically",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
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        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈjeɪ.ˌseɪ.ə(ɹ)/",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
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      "word": "optimist"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "yes man"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "kowtower"
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    {
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      "word": "yea-sayer"
    }
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}
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        "One whose attitude is positive, optimistic, confidently affirmative."
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        "One who habitually agrees uncritically."
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        "(derogatory) One who habitually agrees uncritically."
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      "word": "yes man"
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      "word": "kowtower"
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    {
      "word": "yea-sayer"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔimmaʕa",
      "sense": "who habitually agrees uncritically",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "إِمَّعَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "who habitually agrees uncritically",
      "word": "přikyvovač"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "who habitually agrees uncritically",
      "word": "jees-mies"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "who habitually agrees uncritically",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Jasager"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "who habitually agrees uncritically",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ja-Sager"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "who habitually agrees uncritically",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Jasagerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "who habitually agrees uncritically",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ja-Sagerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "who habitually agrees uncritically",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leming"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "who habitually agrees uncritically",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przytakiwacz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "who habitually agrees uncritically",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "klakier"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podxalim",
      "sense": "who habitually agrees uncritically",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "подхалим"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podpevala",
      "sense": "who habitually agrees uncritically",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "подпевала"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yeasayer"
}

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