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ecocritical

ecocritical adjective: of or pertaining to the field of ecocriticism.

Adjective

ecocritical (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the field of ecocriticism.
    • Homophobic public discourse, ecocritical norms, and queer-theoretical tendencies have all had the effect of alienating "the queer" from "the natural" and "the environment," conceptually and otherwise.2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 23

Origin of ecocritical

From eco- + critical.

Words formed from ecocritical

Questions about ecocritical

What does ecocritical mean?
Ecocritical means of or pertaining to the field of ecocriticism.
What part of speech is ecocritical?
Ecocritical is an adjective.

Words near ecocritical in the dictionary

  1. ecocrazies
  2. ecocrazy
  3. ecocrises
  4. ecocrisis
  5. ecocritic
  6. ecocritical
  7. ecocritically
  8. ecocriticism
  9. ecocriticisms
  10. ecocritics
  11. ecocultural

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