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earthism

earthism noun: the belief that environmental concerns should be primary above all other considerations.

Noun

earthism (uncountable)

  1. The belief that environmental concerns should be primary above all other considerations.
    • The chief problem with earthism is that it sometimes distracts attention from commitment to justice for the poor and oppressed.1997, John B. Cobb, Reclaiming the Church, →ISBN, page 45
    • This paper seeks to foster the trend to earthism or the internalization of currently externalized social and environmental costs, such as immiseration, extinctions and climate change.2000, Robert Goodland, Social and Environmental Assessment to Promote Sustainability

Origin of earthism

From earth + -ism, coined by John B. Cobb in the 1990s as a contrast to economism.

Questions about earthism

What does earthism mean?
Earthism means the belief that environmental concerns should be primary above all other considerations.
What part of speech is earthism?
Earthism is a noun.

Words near earthism in the dictionary

  1. earthinesses
  2. earthing
  3. earthing up
  4. earthings
  5. earthish
  6. earthism
  7. earthist
  8. earthists
  9. Earthite
  10. Earthites
  11. earthkin

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