"environmentalism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: environmentalisms [plural]
Etymology: From environmental + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|environmental|ism}} environmental + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} environmentalism (countable and uncountable, plural environmentalisms)
  1. (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. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. (politics) A political and social ideology that seeks to prevent the environment from degradation by human activity. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Politics Translations (ideology seeking to prevent the degradation of environment): 環境保護主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 环境保护主义 (huánjìng bǎohù zhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), environmentalismi (Finnish), écologisme [masculine] (French), environnementalisme [masculine] (French), ecoloxismo [masculine] (Galician), Ökologismus [masculine] (German), környezetvédelem (Hungarian), ambientalismo [masculine] (Italian), ecologismo [masculine] (Italian), 環境主義 (alt: かんきょうしゅぎ,. kankyōshugi) (Japanese), природозаштита (prirodozaštita) [feminine, plural] (Macedonian), ambientalismo (Portuguese), ecologismo [masculine] (Portuguese), ecologism [neuter] (Romanian), энвайронментали́зм (envajronmentalízm) [masculine] (Russian), экологи́зм (ekologízm) [masculine] (Russian), ecologismo [masculine] (Spanish), ambientalismo [masculine] (Spanish), çevrecilik (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-environmentalism-en-noun-9LrU~Oln Topics: government, politics Disambiguation of 'ideology seeking to prevent the degradation of environment': 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: ecocapitalism, ecosocialism Related terms: antienvironmentalism, enviro-, environment, environmental, environmentalist

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      "sense": "ideology seeking to prevent the degradation of environment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ambientalismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ideology seeking to prevent the degradation of environment",
      "word": "çevrecilik"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "environmentalism"
  ],
  "word": "environmentalism"
}

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