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ecocentric

ecocentric adjective: focused on ecological concerns.

Adjective

ecocentric (comparative more ecocentric, superlative most ecocentric)

  1. Focused on ecological concerns.
    • Hay's main concern, in the light of an antigreen backlash, is that homocentric democracy is insufficient for the achievement of the ecocentric goals...1999, Douglas Torgerson, The promise of green politics: environmentalism and the public sphere

Forms of ecocentric

comparativemore ecocentric
superlativemost ecocentric

Origin of ecocentric

From eco- + centric.

Questions about ecocentric

What does ecocentric mean?
Ecocentric means focused on ecological concerns.
What part of speech is ecocentric?
Ecocentric is an adjective.

Words near ecocentric in the dictionary

  1. ecocatastrophe
  2. ecocatastrophes
  3. ecocatastrophic
  4. ecocentre
  5. ecocentres
  6. ecocentric
  7. ecocentrical
  8. ecocentrism
  9. ecocentrist
  10. ecocentrists
  11. ecochemistry

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