environmentalist
Noun
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Noun
environmentalist (plural environmentalists)
- (medicine, social sciences) One who holds the view that environment, rather than heredity or culture, is the primary factor in the development of an individual or group.
- One who advocates for the protection of the biosphere from misuse from human activity through such measures as ecosystem protection, waste reduction and pollution prevention
- (one who advocates for the protection of the biosphere) greenie (chiefly Australia and New Zealand), tree hugger (slang)
- French: environnementaliste, écologiste
- German: Umweltschützer, Umweltschützerin
- Italian: ambientalista
- Portuguese: ambientalista
- Russian: эко́лог
environmentalist
- Of, or relating to environmentalism.
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