"envirocentrism" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From enviro- + -centrism. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|enviro-|-centrism}} enviro- + -centrism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} envirocentrism (uncountable)
  1. The quality of being envirocentric. Tags: rare, uncountable Related terms: envirocentric

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          "text": "That may be, but the fact is, envirocentrism was completely alien to the religion of our Asatru forebears. Those who today portray the real, historical religion of our ancestors as \"nature centered\" are either falsifying our history, or are ignorant of it. What historical Asatruar might have believed, and how they might have acted in another time and place is stuff for science fiction, not reality.",
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