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ENVIRONMENTALISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does environmentalism mean? 

ENVIRONMENTALISM (noun)
  The noun ENVIRONMENTALISM has 2 senses:

1. the philosophical doctrine that environment is more important than heredity in determining intellectual growthplay

2. the activity of protecting the environment from pollution or destructionplay

  Familiarity information: ENVIRONMENTALISM used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ENVIRONMENTALISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The philosophical doctrine that environment is more important than heredity in determining intellectual growth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("environmentalism" is a kind of...):

philosophical doctrine; philosophical theory (a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy)

Antonym:

hereditarianism (the philosophical doctrine that heredity is more important than environment in determining intellectual growth)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The activity of protecting the environment from pollution or destruction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("environmentalism" is a kind of...):

preservation; saving (the activity of protecting something from loss or danger)

Derivation:

environmentalist (someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution)


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