climate denialist
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- noun
- /ˈklaɪmət dɪˈnaɪəlɪst/
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negacionista del clima
- A climate denialist often rejects the consensus of scientists regarding global warming.
Examples
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Meeting with a climate denialist can be frustrating, as they dismiss factual data about climate change.
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Despite overwhelming evidence, he continues to identify as a climate denialist.
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You have a fantasy that I am a climate denialist, but I do not reject the data.
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But there are others at the carnival, legitimate scientists from impressive places like MIT, Harvard, and Princeton, who are also climate denialists.
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If you feel that any one of these sites is not really a science blog site (a climate denialist site, an anti-vax site, etc.), please contact me and let me know.
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Mentally ill climate denialist Chris Monckton (that's not an insult, it's a statement of fact).
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As described by The New York Times and in Phil Plait's "Bad Astronomy" blog and many other blogs, someone managed to obtain and leak documents from climate denialist Heartland...
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Will Stewart below has a very weak case with little evidence to counter Spencer's results, as he resorts to using an ad hominem attack with the pejorative "climate denialist."
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Jones is currently the patron of the Galileo Movement, which also includes a long list of climate denialist "advisers," including Pat Michaels of the Cato Institute, Fred Singer, the Institute of Public Affairs' Bob Carter, and Lord Christopher Monckton.
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I'm often reminded—with climate denialists—of the scene in The Big Lebowski where Walter marvels that the kidnappers are self-proclaimed nihilists.
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Synonyms
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A person who refuses to believe clear evidence
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A person who refuses to accept well-known facts, often about science or history
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'climate' (average long-term weather) combined with 'denialist' (a person who denies accepted evidence) yields a person who denies climate science or climate change. This is a regular English compound/nominal modification pattern that a B1 learner who knows both parts can readily infer.
Etymology
Climate denialist combines climate, meaning the Earth's weather over many years, and denialist, meaning someone who says 'no' to clear evidence. Imagine a person waving away scientists' charts and saying 'no' — that's why the term means 'a person who refuses to accept evidence from scientists that the Earth is getting warmer'.