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ecoanxiety

noun

Etymology

From eco- + anxiety.

  1. borrowed from anxietās
  2. prefixed as ecoanxiety — “eco + anxiety”

Definitions

  1. Anxiety about damage to the ecosystem.

    • Where there is ecoanxiety, of course, there are ecotherapists.
    • “When people start to be worried about the planet, they don’t know that they have eco-anxiety,” he said. “When they see this thing has a name, then they understand what to call it.”

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