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climatespeak

climatespeak is the alternative form of climate-speak.

Meaning of climate-speak

Noun

climate-speak (uncountable)

  1. The jargon used by climatologists and people talking about climate change.
    • In global climate-speak, terms like 'scenario', 'impact', 'vulnerability', 'irreversible', 'mitigation', 'adaptation' and 'adaptive capacity' have become common currency, verbal coins sometimes so worn that they almost lose meaning, even though they carry sinister messages about the future of...2011, V. Berridge, M. Gorsky, Environment, Health and History, page 264

Questions about climatespeak

What is climatespeak the alternative form of?
Climatespeak is the alternative form of climate-speak.

Words near climatespeak in the dictionary

  1. climateer
  2. climateers
  3. Climategate
  4. climateric
  5. climates
  6. climatespeak
  7. climatewise
  8. climatic
  9. climatic optimum
  10. climatic pessima
  11. climatic pessimum

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