environmentalism
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rənˈmɛn noun
1.
an expert on environmental problems.
2.
any person who advocates or works to protect the air, water, animals, plants, and other natural resources from pollution or its effects.
3.
a person who believes that differences between individuals or groups, especially in moral and intellectual attributes, are predominantly determined by environmental factors, as surroundings, upbringing, or experience ( opposed to hereditarian ).
Related forms
en·vi·ron·men·tal·ism, noun
an·ti·en·vi·ron·men·tal·ist, noun, adjective
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environmentalism (ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntəˌlɪzəm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| psychol Compare hereditarianism the belief that a person's behaviour is affected chiefly by his environment | |
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Environmentalism
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| environmentalist (ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntəlɪst) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an adherent of environmentalism |
| 2. | a person who is concerned with the maintenance of ecological balance and the conservation of the environment |
| 3. | a person concerned with issues that affect the environment, such as pollution |
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environmentalism
1923, as a psychological theory (in the nature vs. nurture debate), from environmental + -ism. The ecological sense is from 1972. Related: Environmentalist (1916 in the psychological sense).
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