environmentalism
English
Etymology
environmental + -ism
Noun
environmentalism (countable and uncountable, plural environmentalisms)
- (medicine, social sciences) A theory that views environment, rather than heredity or culture, as the important factor in the development of an individual or group.
- 1939, Alfred L. Kroeber, “Objectives”, in 'Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America', 1963 edition, page 1:
- The first is that the present work in no sense represents a relapse toward the old environmentalism which believed it could find the causes of culture in environment.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:environmentalism.
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- A political and social ideology that seeks to prevent the environment from degradation by human activity.
Related terms
- environment
- environmentalist
Translations
ideology seeking to prevent the degradation of environment
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