environmentalist

B1 Topic:People & Society

US /ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntəlɪst/ See IPA manual

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Meanings

1

noun
A person who works to protect the natural environment from harm and pollution.

Environmentalists warned that the new factory would damage the river.
2

adj
Relating to the protection of the natural environment.

The party adopted a strongly environmentalist policy on energy.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who works to... conservationist ecologistenvironmental activist

Word family

Forms environmentalists

Derived forms anti-environmentalistenviropseudoenvironmentalist

Related forms enviro-environment environmental environmentalism

Etymology

From environmental + -ist.

Topics

People & Society

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