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ecofascism

noun

Etymology

From eco- + fascism.

  1. derived from fasces
  2. borrowed from fascismo
  3. prefixed as ecofascism — “eco + fascism”

Definitions

  1. The combination of fascist politics with support for ecological concerns.

    • No ecofascism government has yet existed, but important aspects of it can be discerned in German National Socialism, one of whose central slogans was Blut und Boden, “[pure] blood and [pure] land.”
    • As climate change politics develop, ecofascism and neo-Malthusian thought are also gathering strength.

  2. Aggressive environmental activism.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA