climate denier
nounEtymology Shortening of climate change denier.
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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:
2 more examples
- 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: