"climateer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: climateers [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps from climate + -eer, or a blend of climate + volunteer. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|climate|-eer|nocap=1}} climate + -eer, {{blend|en|climate|volunteer|nocap=1}} blend of climate + volunteer Head templates: {{en-noun}} climateer (plural climateers)
  1. (sometimes derogatory) A climate activist; one who makes stabilization of Earth's present climate a political priority. Tags: derogatory, sometimes
    Sense id: en-climateer-en-noun-1-aKX2nG Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -eer

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2016 December 27, Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., “Climateers Can't Handle the Truth”, in Wall Street Journal",
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          "ref": "2020 July 20, “Happy Animals”, in I May Destroy You, a male voice (actor)",
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          "ref": "2022, Robert Byrum, Extinction",
          "text": "Climateers adopt the rhetoric of the Apocalypse even as they consume fossil fuels as before because they know modern society and development require it. The world's climateers could do everyone, including themselves, a favor if they stopped pretending they can alter the climate and thought more about adaptation and energy innovations.\nWSJ excerpt",
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        "(sometimes derogatory) A climate activist; one who makes stabilization of Earth's present climate a political priority."
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