climate denier en · NOUN
Etymology
Shortening of climate change denier.
Meanings
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Someone who denies that global climate change is real or, if real, that it is due to human activities.
In a question and answer session following a public lecture, the prominent (and genuinely sceptical) climate scientist Chris Rapley was vociferously challenged by a climate denier in the audience.
2013, Clive Hamilton, Earthmasters: Playing God with the climate, →ISBN:"Climate deniers fall into the same camp as people who still don't believe we landed on the moon," Gore's spokeswoman told Politico a few days ago.
2008 December 9, Jeff Jacoby, “Skepticism on climate change”, in The International Herald Tribune, →ISSN:Money is still the main answer: Almost all prominent climate deniers are on the fossil-fuel take.
2018 November 27, Paul Krugman, “The Depravity of Climate-Change Denial”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, page A22:President Trump unfortunately is a climate denier.
2018 December 2, Mark Dunlea, “Letter to the editor: Leaders must act on climate change now”, in Glens Falls Post-Star:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| climate deniers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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fr climato-négationniste (Translations) · ar نَاكِر التَّغَيُّر الْمَنَاخِيّ (Translations) · de Klimaleugner (Translations) · pl but see zaprzeczający zmianie klimatu (Translations) · ga séantóir aeráide (Translations) · fr climato-sceptique (Translations) · fi ilmastonmuutoksen kieltäjä (Translations) · fi ilmastodenialisti (Translations) · nl klimaatontkenner (Translations) · sv klimatförnekare (Translations) · ko 기후 변화 부정자 (Translations) · de Klimaleugnerin (Translations) · pl zaprzeczająca zmianie klimatu (Translations)