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ENVIRONMENTALIST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution

Synonyms:

conservationist; environmentalist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("environmentalist" is a kind of...):

crusader; meliorist; reformer; reformist; social reformer (a disputant who advocates reform)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "environmentalist"):

Green (an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party)

tree hugger (derogatory term for environmentalists who support restrictions on the logging industry and the preservation of forests)

Instance hyponyms:

Carson; Rachel Carson; Rachel Louise Carson (United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964))

Barbara Ward; Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth; Ward (English economist and conservationist (1914-1981))

Derivation:

environmentalism (the activity of protecting the environment from pollution or destruction)

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