noun
adj
Freq #39369
Meanings
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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.
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2
adj
Relating to the protection of the natural environment.
The party adopted a strongly environmentalist policy on energy.
Thesaurus
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Word family
Forms
environmentalists
Derived forms
anti-environmentalistenviropseudoenvironmentalist
Etymology
From environmental + -ist.