"climate denier" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: climate deniers [plural]
Etymology: Shortening of climate change denier. Head templates: {{en-noun}} climate denier (plural climate deniers)
  1. Someone who denies that global climate change is real or, if real, that it is due to human activities. Categories (topical): Climate change, People Synonyms: climate denialist Translations (Translations): نَاكِر التَّغَيُّر الْمَنَاخِيّ (nākir at-taḡayyur al-manāḵiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), klimaatontkenner [masculine] (Dutch), ilmastodenialisti (Finnish), ilmastonmuutoksen kieltäjä (Finnish), climato-sceptique [feminine, masculine] (French), climato-négationniste (French), Klimaleugner [masculine] (German), Klimaleugnerin [feminine] (German), séantóir aeráide [masculine] (Irish), but see zaprzeczający zmianie klimatu [masculine] (Polish), zaprzeczająca zmianie klimatu [feminine] (Polish), klimatförnekare [common-gender] (Swedish)

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          "ref": "2008 December 9, Jeff Jacoby, “Skepticism on climate change”, in The International Herald Tribune, →ISSN",
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      "word": "نَاكِر التَّغَيُّر الْمَنَاخِيّ"
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