en·vi·ron·men·tal·ism

(ĕn-vī′rən-mĕn′tl-ĭz′əm, -vī′ərn-)

1. Advocacy for or work toward protecting the natural environment from destruction or pollution.

2. The theory that environment rather than heredity is the primary influence on intellectual growth and cultural development.

en·vi′ron·men′tal·ist n.

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environmentalist

(ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntəlɪst)

1. (Psychology) an adherent of environmentalism

2. (Environmental Science) a person who is concerned with the maintenance of ecological balance and the conservation of the environment

3. (Environmental Science) a person concerned with issues that affect the environment, such as pollution

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en•vi•ron•men•tal•ist

(ɛnˌvaɪ rənˈmɛn tl ɪst, -ˌvaɪ ərn-)

n.

1. an expert on environmental problems.

2. a person who advocates or works for protection of 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, esp. in moral and intellectual attributes, are predominantly determined by environmental factors.

[1915–20]

en•vi`ron•men′tal•ism, n.

environmentalist

A person who is concerned about the destruction or degradation of the earth’s environment through pollution and overuse of finite resources.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

environmentalist - someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution

conservationist

Green - an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party

crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer - a disputant who advocates reform

environmentalist

noun conservationist, ecologist, green, friend of the earth, tree-hugger (informal, derogatory) Environmentalists argue that drift net fishing should be banned.

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Translations

عالِم بيئَه

miljøaktivist

Umweltschützer

ecologista

écologiste environnementaliste

környezetvédõ

ambientalista

miljøvernforkjemper

zástanca ochrany životného prostredia

çevreci

环境保护论者环境论者

environmentalist

[ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmentəlɪst]

A. ADJ → ambiental, ecologista

B. N → ecologista mf

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environmentalist

[ɪnˌvaɪərənˈmɛntəlɪst] n → écologiste mf

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

environmentalist

n → Umweltschützer(in) m(f)

adj → Umwelt-; environmentalist movement/issues → Umweltbewegung f → /-themen pl

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environmentalist

[ɪnˌvaɪər/ənˈmɛnt/əlɪst] n → ambientalista m/f

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environment

(inˈvaiərənmənt) noun

(a set of) surrounding conditions, especially those influencing development or growth. An unhappy home environment may drive a teenager to crime; We should protect the environment from destruction by modern chemicals etc.

enˌvironˈmental (-ˈmen-) adjective

environˈmentalist noun

a person who wants to stop the damage being done to the environment by humans.

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Section 144 toprotect the Aravalli range?

There does not appear to be a strong generational element to identifying as an environmentalist -- 46% of 18- to 29-year-olds describe themselves that way, compared with between 39% and 43% of older age groups.

Americans' Identification as "Environmentalists" Down to 42%

Did you know that as a Member of the Institution of Engineering Designers you could join around 7000 others and become a Chartered Environmentalist?

Supercharging your career: the power of your professionalism

Growing recognition of the environmental challenges we face means that the role of the Chartered Environmentalist is increasingly important too.

The Society for the Environment (SocEnv)

Steven Stoll presents a good, brief introduction to the main events that created the environmentalist movement and subsequent field of environmental history since World War II.

U.S. Environmentalism since 1945: A Brief History with Documents

Meanwhile, no word on environmentalist reaction to China's announcement that it would build 33 windmills to supply energy to the 2008 Games.

Will Olympics harm the environment?

IN OCTOBER THE maverick environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg asked 24 ambassadors and high-level diplomats to answer everyone's favorite fantasy question: If you could spend $50 billion to better the world, what would your first priority be?

The Kyoto poll: sanitation beats warming

Although they may have diverse starting points and dramatically different reactions to labels like "environmentalist," liberal and conservative outdoor activists are discovering that on a range of issues, their concerns about the earth overlap.

The emerging environmental majority: there's a thaw in relations between greens and hunters. It could heat up big-time over global warming

Ma Jun, an independent environmentalist based in Beijing, says China's status as the "workshop of the world" made it inevitable that pollution would increase.

Choking on progress: soaring levels of pollution are a dangerous side effect of China's economic boom

And although his images can read as the creations of a political environmentalist akin to Robert Adams, Burtynsky nonetheless maintains an interest in art-historical sources, including Earthworks, early landscape photography, luminist painting, and even the intensely colored photographs of unpeopled forests that grace the publications of the environmentalist Sierra Club.

Edward Burtynsky: Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University