nay-saying

See also: naysaying

English

Alternative forms

• naysaying

Verb

nay-saying

1. present participle and gerund of nay-say

Noun

nay-saying (countable and uncountable, plural nay-sayings)

1. 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.