climate denier

[ klahy-mit di-nahy-er ]

/ ˈklaɪ mɪt dɪˌnaɪ ər /

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a person who does not accept the existence or validity of climate change: Most of the summit protestors are climate deniers.

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Also called cli·mate de·ni·al·ist

[klahy-mit di-nahy-uh-list] /ˈklaɪ mɪt dɪˌnaɪ ə lɪst/ .

Origin of climate denier

First recorded in 2005–10

Words nearby climate denier

climate canary, climate change, climate control, climate criminal, climate denial, climate denier, climate emergency, climate fiction, climatic, climatic zone, climatize

How to use climate denier in a sentence

I don’t want to spend time thinking about the climate deniers and getting angry.
Why a Gen Zer Picking Up Trash in a Park Went Viral|Heather Hansman|April 22, 2021|Outside Online
For decades, the energy industry, using paid-for climate deniers, sowed disinformation.
The Urgent Need to Change the Language We Use to Talk About the Climate Crisis|John Freeman|April 21, 2021|Time
“Our unions do not represent climate deniers,” said Sean McGarvey, the president of North America’s Building Trades Unions.
Oil, gas industry says it will support carbon pricing|Steven Mufson, Josh Partlow|March 25, 2021|Washington Post
Jones starts out with some deeply unsatisfying video calls with climate deniers like Marc Morano, a former Republican political aide who now runs a climate-denial website.
3 New Documentaries to Stream This Fall|Erin Berger|September 21, 2020|Outside Online

As Ingalsbee said, “You won’t find any climate deniers on the fire line.”
They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won’t Anybody Listen?|by Elizabeth Weil|August 28, 2020|ProPublica