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nature deficit disorder

nature deficit disorder is the alternative form of nature-deficit disorder.

Meaning of nature-deficit disorder

Noun

nature-deficit disorder (countable and uncountable, plural nature-deficit disorders)

  1. A disputed class of behavioural problems in modern children, ascribed to the fact that they spend little time outdoors.
    • Nature-deficit disorder severely hampers, if not fully blocks, development of environmental literacy. Environmental communicators, educators and interpreters talk about their work as an 'antidote' or 'cure' for nature-deficit disorder.2010, Richard R. Jurin, Donny Roush, Jeff Danter, “Developing Your Environmental Literacy”, in Environmental Communication: Skills and Principles for Natural Resource Managers, Scientists, and...
    Synonyms:
    NDD

Forms of nature deficit disorder

pluralnature deficit disorders

Questions about nature deficit disorder

What is nature deficit disorder the alternative form of?
Nature deficit disorder is the alternative form of nature-deficit disorder.

Words near nature deficit disorder in the dictionary

  1. naturals
  2. nature
  3. nature abhors a vacuum
  4. nature beckons
  5. nature calls
  6. nature deficit disorder
  7. nature deficit disorders
  8. nature faker
  9. nature fakers
  10. nature lover
  11. nature lovers

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