"environmentalist" meaning in English

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Adjective

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Etymology: From environmental + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|environmental|ist}} environmental + -ist Head templates: {{en-adj}} environmentalist (comparative more environmentalist, superlative most environmentalist)
  1. Of, or relating to environmentalism. Categories (topical): People Related terms: conservationist, ecologist, preservationist
    Sense id: en-environmentalist-en-adj-dPLITlHj Disambiguation of People: 16 46 38

Noun

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Etymology: From environmental + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|environmental|ist}} environmental + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} environmentalist (plural environmentalists)
  1. One who advocates for the protection of the environment and biosphere from misuse from human activity through such measures as ecosystem protection, waste reduction and pollution prevention. Categories (topical): People Synonyms (one who advocates for the protection of the environment): environmental activist, ecologist, eco-warrior, greenie [Australia, New-Zealand, derogatory, often, slang], tree hugger [disapproving, often, slang] Translations (one who advocates for the protection of the environment): բնապահպան (bnapahpan) (Armenian), ecologista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 環保人士 (Chinese Mandarin), 环保人士 (huánbǎo rénshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 環境論者 (Chinese Mandarin), 环境论者 (huánjìng lùnzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), 環境保護論者 (Chinese Mandarin), 环境保护论者 (huánjìng bǎohù lùnzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), 環境保護主義者 (Chinese Mandarin), 环境保护主义者 (huánjìng bǎohù zhǔyìzhè) (Chinese Mandarin), environmentalista [masculine] (Czech), ekologista [masculine] (Czech), luonnonsuojelija (Finnish), ympäristönsuojelija (Finnish), environnementaliste [feminine, masculine] (French), écologiste [feminine, masculine] (French), ecoloxista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Umweltschützer [masculine] (German), Umweltschützerin [feminine] (German), környezetvédő (Hungarian), náttúruverndarsinni [masculine] (Icelandic), ambientalista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), ecologista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 環境保護主義者 (kankyō hogoshugisha) (alt: かんきょうほごしゅぎしゃ) (Japanese), природозаштитник (prirodozaštitnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), പരിസ്ഥിതി പ്രവർത്തകൻ (paristhiti pravaṟttakaṉ) (Malayalam), envithonnementaliste [feminine, masculine] (Norman), ekolog [masculine] (Polish), zielony [masculine] (Polish), ambientalista (Portuguese), ecologista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), ecologist [masculine] (Romanian), ecologistă [feminine] (Romanian), эко́лог (ekólog) [masculine] (Russian), зелёный (zeljónyj) (english: green) [masculine] (Russian), ecologista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), ambientalista (Spanish), çevreci (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-environmentalist-en-noun-7~xoweKQ Disambiguation of People: 16 46 38 Disambiguation of 'one who advocates for the protection of the environment': 64 36 Disambiguation of 'one who advocates for the protection of the environment': 64 36
  2. (anthropology, social sciences) One who holds the view that environment, rather than heredity or culture, is the primary factor in the development of an individual or group. Categories (topical): Anthropology, Social sciences, People
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: ecocapitalist, ecosocialist Derived forms: anti-environmentalist, enviro, pseudoenvironmentalist Related terms: environmentalism, environmental, environment, enviro-

Inflected forms

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      "word": "conservationist"
    },
    {
      "word": "ecologist"
    },
    {
      "word": "preservationist"
    }
  ],
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1939, Alfred L. Kroeber, Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America, published 1963, page 69:",
          "text": "The environmentalist explanation would be that tropical environment retards or depresses culture through its physiological effect on the human organism.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of, or relating to environmentalism."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "environmentalism",
          "environmentalism"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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}

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