environmentalist

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   One who advocates for the protection of the environment and biosphere from misuse from…

   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.

   • The Santa Barbara oil spill has environmentalists and California officials scrambling as an estimated 105,000 gallons of oil may have spilled into the Pacific Ocean and onto the Golden State’s coast.
   • This tension is familiar in the lives of most environmentalists. Some own cars; some still eat meat.
2. 2

   One who holds the view that environment, rather than heredity or culture, is the primary…

   One who holds the view that environment, rather than heredity or culture, is the primary factor in the development of an individual or group.

3. 3

   Of, or relating to environmentalism.

   • The environmentalist explanation would be that tropical environment retards or depresses culture through its physiological effect on the human organism.

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