lukewarmer

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   comparative form of lukewarm

   comparative form of lukewarm: more lukewarm

   • Compare SudhoS's informed appreciation of medieval medicine and sanitation with Coulton's lukewarmer and vaguer account.
   • Instead of the usual homogeneity, one discerns a variety of attitudes ranging from warm official friendship and unlimited support (Bulgaria and the GDR) to somewhat lukewarmer relations on a less formal level (Poland and Hungary).
   • The Japanese tea-party (cha-no-yu) is stiffness, ceremony, scant provisions. Japanese tea is made with lukewarm water, the lukewarmer the water the better the tea.
2. 2

   One who believes that climate change is due to human activity but who does not think it…

   One who believes that climate change is due to human activity but who does not think it is a serious problem.

   • Lukewarmers such as me accept that global warming is real, but not that it's entirely man-made or that it's dangerous.
   • Blogs that can be regarded as in the “lukewarmer” camp.
   • Indeed, a new breed of “lukewarmers” have accepted that there is some warming, but claim that it is too small to worry about.

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