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carborexia

carborexia noun: a focus on cutting down one's energy consumption and reducing one's carbon footprint that is deemed irrational, excessive, or unhealthy.

Noun

carborexia (uncountable)

  1. A focus on cutting down one's energy consumption and reducing one's carbon footprint that is deemed irrational, excessive, or unhealthy.

Origin of carborexia

Blend of carbon + anorexia.

Words formed from carborexia

Questions about carborexia

What does carborexia mean?
Carborexia means a focus on cutting down one's energy consumption and reducing one's carbon footprint that is deemed irrational, excessive, or unhealthy.
What part of speech is carborexia?
Carborexia is a noun.

Words near carborexia in the dictionary

  1. carboranes
  2. carboranyl
  3. carboras
  4. carborazine
  5. carboreduction
  6. carborexia
  7. carborexic
  8. carborexics
  9. carborne
  10. carborundum
  11. carboryne

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