environmentalist

CEFRB2

/ɪˌnvaɪrəˈnmɛntəlɪst/

noun

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noun
A person who works to protect the natural world.
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noun
Extra detail
Of, or relating to environmentalism.

Examples

Mario is a communist and Luigi is an environmentalist.
He is an environmentalist.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 4
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 5

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noun

Extra meanings

One who holds the view that environment, rather than heredity or culture, is the primary factor in the development of an individual or group.
One who advocates for the protection of the environment and biosphere from misuse from human activity through such measures as ecosystem protection, waste reduction and pollution prevention.

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In context

She is an environmentalist.
This tension is familiar in the lives of most environmentalists. Some own cars; some still eat meat.
The Santa Barbara oil spill has environmentalists and California officials scrambling as an estimated 105,000 gallons of oil may have spilled into the Pacific Ocean and onto the Golden State’s coast.

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The Santa Barbara oil spill has environmentalists and California officials scrambling as an estimated 105,000 gallons of oil may have spilled into the Pacific Ocean and onto the Golden State’s coast.
2015 May 21, Eliott C. McLaughlin, “How does Santa Barbara match up with other U.S. oil spills?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2016
This tension is familiar in the lives of most environmentalists. Some own cars; some still eat meat.
2016 April 5, Madeleine Somerville, “How I deal with the unbearable hypocrisy of being an environmentalist”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2022
The term greenwashing was coined by environmentalist Jay Westerveld in 1986, back when most consumers received their news from television, radio and print media – the same outlets that corporations regularly flooded with a wave of high-priced, slickly-produced commercials and print ads.
2016 August 20, Bruce Watson, “The troubling evolution of corporate greenwashing”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2021
A widening of the M4 had long been mooted, and the Welsh Government had even earmarked most of the required £1.6bn funding for a new 14-mile, six-lane section around Newport. Then, in the face of opposition from environmentalists, came a realisation that similar road schemes across the world tend merely to encourage greater car use and therefore soon prove ineffective in solving the original problem.
2020 December 2, Christian Wolmar, “Wales offers us a glimpse of an integrated transport policy”, in Rail, page 56
He [King Charles] is a committed environmentalist at a point when the government is full of climate change deniers.
2022 September 12, Zoe Williams, “Why are people getting arrested in Britain for being republicans?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2023

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Origin

noun

From environmental + -ist.

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noun

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The local blank— organized a protest against the new pipeline.

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noun

The local blank organized a protest against the new pipeline.