hold dear

verb

hold dear

verb

1

To value highly; to care about greatly.

Here, we see that climate denialism/skepticism might be informed by a certain version of anti-elitism—ironically enough, a value that many progressives hold dear.2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 44:

Synonyms: appreciate, bedear, cherish, esteem, hold dear, prize, think much of, treasure, value
Antonyms: despise, dismiss, scorn, slight, think little of
Related terms: valuable, revere
Hypernyms: care, deem

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