"lukewarmer" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{head|en|comparative adjective}} lukewarmer
  1. comparative form of lukewarm: more lukewarm Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: lukewarm (extra: more lukewarm)
    Sense id: en-lukewarmer-en-adj-9AmY8Dfm

Noun

Forms: lukewarmers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lukewarmer (plural lukewarmers)
  1. One who believes that climate change is due to human activity but who does not think it is a serious problem. Categories (topical): Climate change Synonyms: lukewarmist
    Sense id: en-lukewarmer-en-noun-o4nZi3vq Disambiguation of Climate change: 5 95 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 94

Inflected forms

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