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ecophilosophy

ecophilosophy is the alternative form of ecosophy.

Meaning of ecosophy

Noun

ecosophy (countable and uncountable, plural ecosophies)

  1. Ecological philosophy, particularly of the type associated with the deep ecology movement.
    • […] ecosophy argues that an individual should act in such a way as to “do as little harm as possible.” The “oath” of those committed to ecosophy closely parallels that of medical doctors: Above all else do no harm.1996, Donald T. Wells, Environmental Policy: A Global Perspective for the Twenty-first Century, →ISBN

Forms of ecophilosophy

pluralecophilosophies

Origin of ecophilosophy

From eco- + philosophy.

Questions about ecophilosophy

What is ecophilosophy the alternative form of?
Ecophilosophy is the alternative form of ecosophy.

Words near ecophilosophy in the dictionary

  1. ecophilosopher
  2. ecophilosophers
  3. ecophilosophical
  4. ecophilosophically
  5. ecophilosophies
  6. ecophilosophy
  7. ecophobia
  8. ecophylogenetic
  9. ecophylogenetics
  10. ecophysical
  11. ecophysics

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ecophilosophy (page history and authors); ecosophy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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