Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

climate denier

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables: cli-mate -de-nier
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who denies that global climate change is real or, if real, that it is due to human activities.

Example Sentences

""Climate deniers fall into the same camp as people who still don't believe we landed on the moon," Gore's spokeswoman told Politico a few days ago."
"In a question and answer session following a public lecture, the prominent (and genuinely sceptical) climate scientist Chris Rapley was vociferously challenged by a climate denier in the audience."
"Money is still the main answer: Almost all prominent climate deniers are on the fossil-fuel take."
"President Trump unfortunately is a climate denier."

Etymology

Shortening of climate change denier.

Inflected Forms

climate deniers (plural)

Synonyms

climate denialist

Antonyms

warmist

Questions

What does climate denier mean?: Someone who denies that global climate change is real or, if real, that it is due to human activities.
Where does climate denier come from?: Shortening of climate change denier.

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