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eco-anxiety

eco-anxiety is the alternative form of ecoanxiety.

Meaning of ecoanxiety

Noun

ecoanxiety (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) Anxiety about damage to the ecosystem.
    • Where there is ecoanxiety, of course, there are ecotherapists.2008 February 16, Patricia Leigh Brown, “For ‘EcoMoms,’ Saving Earth Begins at Home”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    eco-angst

Questions about eco-anxiety

What is eco-anxiety the alternative form of?
Eco-anxiety is the alternative form of ecoanxiety.

Words near eco-anxiety in the dictionary

  1. eco hotels
  2. eco round
  3. eco rounds
  4. eco-
  5. eco-angst
  6. eco-anxiety
  7. eco-apartheid
  8. eco-apartheids
  9. eco-apocalypse
  10. eco-apocalypses
  11. eco-art

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