yea-sayer
noun
yea-say·er
ˈyā-ˌsā-ər 
-ˌser
1
: one whose attitude is that of confident affirmation
2
: yes-man
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By 2011, most of the political elite had come around to the same conclusion; the final yea-sayers were silenced forever when Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant melted down that spring.
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Paul Hockenos, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2013
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Paul Hockenos, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2013
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