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climate denier

climate denier noun: someone who denies that global climate change is real or, if real, that it is due to human activities.

Noun

climate denier (plural climate deniers)

  1. Someone who denies that global climate change is real or, if real, that it is due to human activities.
    • "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
    • 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
    Antonyms:
    warmist

climate denier meaning in Arabic

climate denier in Arabic

Translations
نَاكِر التَّغَيُّر الْمَنَاخِيّ nākir at-taḡayyur al-manāḵiyy

Examples of climate denier in a sentence

  • 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:

Synonyms of climate denier

Antonyms

Forms of climate denier

pluralclimate deniers

Origin of climate denier

Shortening of climate change denier.

Questions about climate denier

What does climate denier mean?
Climate denier means someone who denies that global climate change is real or, if real, that it is due to human activities.
What is climate denier in Arabic?
Climate denier in Arabic is نَاكِر التَّغَيُّر الْمَنَاخِيّ (nākir at-taḡayyur al-manāḵiyy). See Climate denier meaning in Arabic.
How do you use climate denier in a sentence?
Money is still the main answer: Almost all prominent climate deniers are on the fossil-fuel take.
What part of speech is climate denier?
Climate denier is a noun.
What is the plural of climate denier?
The plural of climate denier is climate deniers.

Words near climate denier in the dictionary

  1. climate crisis
  2. climate denial
  3. climate denialism
  4. climate denialist
  5. climate denialists
  6. climate denier
  7. climate deniers
  8. climate despair
  9. climate emergencies
  10. climate emergency
  11. climate fatigue

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