climate denial

[klahy-mit di-nahy-uhl]

noun

1. the refusal to accept the existence or validity of climate change.

   She has railed against the climate denial of her predecessor.

Other Word Forms

• climate denialism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of climate denial¹

First recorded in 2005–10

Example Sentences

"Greenwashing is just as important as climate denial, and in some ways it's even more important because it's the more dominant form of false reassurance," he told AFP.

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With Andreessen himself having joined Musk in keenly advising Trump throughout the presidential transition, the new administration has gotten to work implementing all facets of the Andreessen Horowitz blueprint—and yes, the crypto and energy policies are not incidental, because top-down climate denial is hardly irrelevant to their goals.

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After decades of fossil-industry-funded climate denial, far-right figures like Marjorie Taylor Greene can get away with claiming Jewish space lasers are responsible for fires and that “they” can “control the weather” in order to target North Carolinians.

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After Helene and Milton, anger over the state GOP’s risible climate denial—which persists even as this already-historic hurricane season threatens to send yet another storm Florida’s way—appears to be fueling younger voters, first-time voters, and door-knockers, according to a report from the Guardian:

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Scotland’s then first minister Humza Yousaf said he was "disappointed" at the decision and accused Downing Street of "climate denial".

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