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ecoapartheid

ecoapartheid noun: a pattern in which poor and minority populations suffer more from environmental degradation than wealthy people.

Noun

ecoapartheid (countable and uncountable, plural ecoapartheids)

  1. A pattern in which poor and minority populations suffer more from environmental degradation than wealthy people.
    • Hence, the growing ecological sacrifice and segregation (“ecoapartheid”) of the world's people along economic and racial lines have led to charges of environmental racism and calls for environmental justice in countries as economically and socially disparate as South Africa and the United States.2008, Daniel Faber, Capitalizing on Environmental Injustice, page 210
    • If these practices are not directed by and toward principles of equity, then they will almost certainly end up reinforcing patterns of ecoapartheid.2011, Andrew Ross, Bird on Fire: Lessons from the World's Least Sustainable City

Examples of ecoapartheid in a sentence

  • The conflict and contest between the two systems—one based on ecoimperalism, bioimperialism, and ecoapartheid, the other based on earth democracy and biodemocracy, will intensify over the next decade.2015, Vandana Shiva, The Vandana Shiva Reader:
  • Ecoapartheid is just a speed bump on the road to ecoapocalypse.2016, Van Jones, “Making the Green Economy Work for Everyone”, in Green Festival Reader: Fresh Ideas from Agents of Change:

Forms of ecoapartheid

pluralecoapartheids

Origin of ecoapartheid

From eco- + apartheid.

Questions about ecoapartheid

What does ecoapartheid mean?
Ecoapartheid means a pattern in which poor and minority populations suffer more from environmental degradation than wealthy people.
How do you use ecoapartheid in a sentence?
The conflict and contest between the two systems—one based on ecoimperalism, bioimperialism, and ecoapartheid, the other based on earth democracy and biodemocracy, will intensify over the next decade.
What part of speech is ecoapartheid?
Ecoapartheid is a noun.
What is the plural of ecoapartheid?
The plural of ecoapartheid is ecoapartheids.

Words near ecoapartheid in the dictionary

  1. ecoalarmists
  2. ecoanarchism
  3. ecoanarchist
  4. ecoanarchists
  5. ecoanxiety
  6. ecoapartheid
  7. ecoapartheids
  8. ecoapocalypse
  9. ecoapocalypses
  10. ecoarchitect
  11. ecoarchitects

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