climate denial

American  

[klahy-mit di-nahy-uhl] / ˈklaɪ mɪt dɪˌnaɪ əl /

noun

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

   She has railed against the climate denial of her predecessor.

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Other Word Forms

• climate denialism
  noun

Etymology

Origin of climate denial

First recorded in 2005–10

Example Sentences

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climate denial

You can listen to "Twitter 'ninjas' against climate denial" on BBC Sounds.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2023

The influence of climate denial groups has waned over the past several decades, as the science has become clearer and the impacts of global warming have become starker.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2023

In his 2016 book, “The Great Derangement,” the Indian writer Amitav Ghosh says it’s unwise to reduce climate denial to “only a function of money and manipulation.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2022

And yet the growth of Las Vegas itself, a city of excessive tastes carved into the desert, is something of an exercise in climate denial.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2021

"Companies are starting to see the writing on the wall — that there's no more room for climate denial," Michael Khoo, who works on climate misinformation for Friends of the Earth, said in an interview.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 8, 2021