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climate despair

noun

Etymology

Blend of climate change + despair.

  1. derived from despero
  2. derived from desperer
  3. derived from despeir
  4. inherited from dispeir
  5. compounded as climate despair — “climate change + despair”

Definitions

  1. Depression caused by fear of climate change.

    • A lot of people think we don't know how to solve climate change. So we could go from climate denial to climate despair.

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