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extractivism

noun

Etymology

From extractive + -ism, originally applied to mining practices in Latin America.

  1. borrowed from extractum
  2. suffixed as extractive — “extract + ive”
  3. formed as extractivism — “extractive + -ism”

Definitions

  1. Extractivist practices in the management of natural resources.

    • Industrial extractivism (a definition that Vidal would extend to include modern intensive agriculture) has contributed to the recent freefall in bird, mammal and amphibian numbers.

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