Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

climate grief

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.99 in modern English

Syllables: cli-mate -grief
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Grief caused by fear of climate change.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Jennifer Atkinson, a professor of environmental humanities at the University of Washington in Bothell, will teach her second course on climate grief next semester. She offers the course to students in the environmental studies program to help prevent the burnout that can develop by confronting the problem daily."
"Although it is not an official clinical diagnosis, the psychiatric and psychological communities have names for the phenomenon: “climate distress,” “climate grief,” “climate anxiety” or “eco-anxiety.”"
"I’ve guided workshops and given dozens of public lectures, especially in Finland, my home country. And I’ve met a lot of people with climate grief and eco-anxiety."

Etymology

Blend of climate change + grief.

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

climate despair

Questions

What does climate grief mean?: Grief caused by fear of climate change.
Where does climate grief come from?: Blend of climate change + grief.

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