lukewarmer

English

Etymology

From lukewarm +‎ -er.

Adjective

lukewarmer

1. comparative form of lukewarm: more lukewarm
   • 1973, The Condition of Man, page 444:

     Compare SudhoS's informed appreciation of medieval medicine and sanitation with Coulton's lukewarmer and vaguer account.

   • 1978, Gabriel Ben-Dor, Universiṭat Ḥefah. Makhon le-ḥeḳer ṿe-limud ha-Mizraḥ ha-tikhon, The Palestinians and the Middle East conflict:

     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).

   • 1985, Travellers' tales of old Japan, page 226:

     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.

   • 2003, Larry Duberstein, The Mt. Monadnock Blues, →ISBN, page 80:

     Tim took a swig of flat ginger ale and stood under the shower (dialled to cold, then gradually lukewarmer) before putting on shorts and a sleeveless tee-shirt.

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.

   Synonym: lukewarmist

   • 2018, Ralph B. Alexander, Science Under Attack: The Age of Unreason, page 114:

     Lukewarmers such as me accept that global warming is real, but not that it's entirely man-made or that it's dangerous.

   • 2019, Nelya Koteyko, Brigitte Nerlich, Iina Hellsten, Climate Change Communication and the Internet, →ISBN:

     Blogs that can be regarded as in the “lukewarmer” camp.

   • 2019, Shaun Lovejoy, Weather, Macroweather, and the Climate, →ISBN:

     Indeed, a new breed of “lukewarmers” have accepted that there is some warming, but claim that it is too small to worry about.