climate grief
climate grief noun: grief caused by fear of climate change.
Noun
climate grief (uncountable)
- Grief caused by fear of climate change.
- Jennifer Atkinson, a professor of environmental humanities at the University of Washington in Bothell, will teach her second course on climate grief next semester. She offers the course to students in the environmental studies program to help prevent the burnout that can develop by confronting the...2018 December 24, Avichai Scher, “'Climate grief': The growing emotional toll of climate change”, in NBC News
- Although it is not an official clinical diagnosis, the psychiatric and psychological communities have names for the phenomenon: “climate distress,” “climate grief,” “climate anxiety” or “eco-anxiety.”2019 July 18, Victoria Knight, “‘Climate Grief’: Fears About The Planet’s Future Weigh On Americans’ Mental Health”, in Kaiser Health News
- Synonyms:
- climate despair
Examples of climate grief in a sentence
- Jennifer Atkinson, a professor of environmental humanities at the University of Washington in Bothell, will teach her second course on climate grief next semester.2018 December 24, Avichai Scher, “'Climate grief': The growing emotional toll of climate change”, in NBC News:
- And I’ve met a lot of people with climate grief and eco-anxiety.2020 April 2, Panu Pihkala, “Climate grief: How we mourn a changing planet”, in BBC Future:
Synonyms of climate grief
Origin of climate grief
Blend of climate change + grief.
Questions about climate grief
- What does climate grief mean?
- Climate grief means grief caused by fear of climate change.
- How do you use climate grief in a sentence?
- Jennifer Atkinson, a professor of environmental humanities at the University of Washington in Bothell, will teach her second course on climate grief next semester.
- What part of speech is climate grief?
- Climate grief is a noun.
Words near climate grief in the dictionary
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