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antinature

antinature adjective: opposing or destructive to nature, particularly in its sense as the material world and its nonhuman inhabitants.

Adjective

antinature (comparative more antinature, superlative most antinature)

  1. Opposing or destructive to nature, particularly in its sense as the material world and its nonhuman inhabitants.
    • Much eco-feminist thought has rejected Christianity altogether, accepting the view that Christianity is not only inherently antifemale, but also antinature and that these two negativities are closely intertwined.1999, Arvind Sharma, Katherine K. Young, Feminism and world religions, page 223

Forms of antinature

comparativemore antinature
superlativemost antinature

Origin of antinature

From anti- + nature.

Questions about antinature

What does antinature mean?
Antinature means opposing or destructive to nature, particularly in its sense as the material world and its nonhuman inhabitants.
What part of speech is antinature?
Antinature is an adjective.

Words near antinature in the dictionary

  1. antinaturalism
  2. antinaturalisms
  3. antinaturalist
  4. antinaturalistic
  5. antinaturalists
  6. antinature
  7. antinaupathic
  8. antinaupathics
  9. antinausea
  10. antinauseant
  11. antinauseants

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