climate denialism

American  

[klahy-mit-di-nahy-uhl-iz-uhm] / ˈklaɪ mɪt dɪˈnaɪ əlˌɪz əm /

noun

1. the stance that climate change, especially change caused by human activity, does not exist or is not occurring.

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Other Word Forms

• climate denialist noun

Example Sentences

Choosing to fight would require someone to change their lifestyle and make potentially challenging sacrifices, so it may be psychologically advantageous, in the short term, to "flee" by choosing climate denialism, Brosch said.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2025

“Insurrection” never quite resolves as film, in ways curiously similar to another movie, “Don’t Look Up,” which attempts to parody climate denialism.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2022

On Tuesday, it was reported that Rupert Murdoch's son James and his wife Kathryn are taking on the climate denialism at News Corp, the family's massive media empire.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2020

Under rising criticism for its role in funding organizations that promulgated climate denialism, Exxon Mobil began scaling back such ties late in the last decade, and awarded its last grant to Dr. Soon in 2010.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2015

Solnit, on the road in Seattle, took some time to explain "mansplaining", writing and how the post-Isla Vista misogyny conversation is a little like climate denialism.

From The Guardian • Jun. 6, 2014