Meaning of Greta Thunbergian | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of Thunbergian (“of or relating to Greta Thunberg”).

Examples

“How dare you? A Greta Thunbergian appeal to climate scientists”

“Mr. Limbaugh, the New York Times and social justice warriors throughout the fruited plain were revulsed by James’ lack of empathy for the persecuted Hong Kong throng. In near-universal rejection of his cold-heartedness, James’ critics responded with a full-throated, Greta Thunbergian “How dare you!””

“Leona loves attention. In one interview, she says people like her are the leaders of the nation, and that the old people — presumably anyone over 30 — should move over. This is a very Greta Thunbergian principle at work: to take over the world virtually in your teens and rule.”

“Today, the question for campaigners is how far to go down the line of Greta Thunbergian protests and school climate strikes (suspended, it turns out, now that schools are closed in the lockdown) — and the more extreme measures of, say, Extinction Rebellion.”

“We need global solidarity, a Greta Thunbergian global network that would help halt and divert the process of climate change.”

““It seems odd that Manchin would choose as his legacy to be the one man who single-handedly doomed humanity,” blustered arch-progressive John Podesta, in typical false Greta Thunbergian rhetoric.”

“The opening scene of the series presents a 2037 version of a foul-mouthed, Greta Thunbergian youth activist lecturing the world via hologram.”

“In their performativity, [Antonin] Artaud’s Mexico texts express the Greta Thunbergian beauty of carrying out an ‘official mission’ no civic authority has ever commissioned—although Artaud did travel owing to diplomatic courtesy—a beauty traversing the border between cultural criticism and literature.”

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