environmentalism
/ɛnvˈaɪɹənmˌɛntəlˌɪzəm/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
7
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A theory that views environment, rather than heredity or culture, as the important factor in the development of an individual or group.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A political and social ideology that seeks to prevent the environment from degradation by human activity.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "The need for environmentalisms engaged with the commons rather than relegated to the individual consumer or tied to the middle-class principles of private property."
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle French environnementbor. English environment English -al English environmental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English environmentalism From environmental + -ism.