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Definitions
Anthropogenic global warming (AGW) — the view that humans are causing catastrophic global warming.
Global warming alarmist (GWA) — someone who
is alarmed by the fact that the earth may be getting warmer, or
someone who tries to terrify or intimidate others into being
alarmed by that view.
Global warming skeptic (GWS) — someone who
does not accept that humans are the main cause of, or are causing, catastrophic global
warming.
Global warming denier (GWD) — someone who
does not believe the earth is getting significantly
hotter.
Legitimate doubter of anthropogenic global warming (LDAGW) — someone who
believes there is not enough scientific evidence for human-caused catastrophic global warming, and legitimately doubts either that there is a problem or that humans can do anything about it.
Climate change skeptic (CCS) — someone who
doubts that the climate is changing. In reality, nearly everyone
knows the climate changes, so this label is usually wrongly applied
to global warming skeptics or legitimate doubters.
Climate change denier (CCD) — technically
this is someone who does not believe the climate is changing.
In reality, everyone knows the climate changes, so people
who label others as climate change deniers usually have a poor grasp of language and don't realize
they should be calling them global warming deniers.
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