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antienvironmentalism

antienvironmentalism noun: opposition to environmentalism.

Noun

antienvironmentalism (uncountable)

  1. Opposition to environmentalism.
    • True, greed is still a major factor in anti-environmentalism. But climate denial has also become a front in the culture wars, […]2023 August 7, Paul Krugman, “Climate Is Now a Culture War Issue”, in The New York Times
    • Pollsters say that support for a net zero UK by 2050 is expressed among all political voters, yet anti-environmentalism appears to have been identified as a vote-winner.2023 August 26, Phoebe Weston, “Weed-choked pavements anger residents as ‘rewilding’ divides UK towns and cities”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of antienvironmentalism

alternative formanti-environmentalism

Origin of antienvironmentalism

From anti- + environmentalism.

Questions about antienvironmentalism

What does antienvironmentalism mean?
Antienvironmentalism means opposition to environmentalism.
What part of speech is antienvironmentalism?
Antienvironmentalism is a noun.

Words near antienvironmentalism in the dictionary

  1. antientropic
  2. antientry
  3. antients
  4. antienvironment
  5. antienvironmental
  6. antienvironmentalism
  7. antienvironmentalist
  8. antienvironmentalists
  9. antienzymatic
  10. antienzyme
  11. antienzymes

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