environmentalism

C2+ Topic:Environment & Ecology

US /ɛnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntəlɪzəm/ UK /ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntəlɪzəm/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
concern for and advocacy of the protection of the natural environment

Her environmentalism led her to campaign against the new pipeline.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · concern for and advocacy of... conservationismconservationecologismgreen politics

Word family

Related forms environment environmental environmentalist environ

Etymology

From environmental + -ism; environment from environ ('to surround'), from Old French environer, from environ ('around').

environer Old French virer Old French

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Topics

Environment & Ecology Word Formation & Derivatives

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# environmentalism

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɛnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntəlɪzəm/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntəlɪzəm/

## Meanings
1. concern for and advocacy of the protection of the natural environment

## Examples
- Her environmentalism led her to campaign against the new pipeline.

## Synonyms
- conservationism
- conservation
- ecologism
- green politics

## Related Forms
- environment
- environmental
- environmentalist
- environ

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: environer
- Root: virer

## Etymology
From environmental + -ism; environment from environ ('to surround'), from Old French environer, from environ ('around').

## AI Etymology
Environmentalism comes from environmental + -ism; environment from environ ('to surround'), from Old French environer, from environ ('around'). The etymological trail includes Old French environer and Old French virer. As a noun, environmentalism names concern for and advocacy of the protection of the natural environment. The same family is visible in related forms such as environment, environmental, environmentalist, and environ. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history.

## Topics
- Environment & Ecology
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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