ecocentricadj.n.
/ˌiːkə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪk/, /ˌɛkə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪk/, U.S. /ˌɛkoʊˈsɛntrɪk/, /ˌikoʊˈsɛntrɪk/ A. adj.
Centring on environmental conservation; emphasizing the importance of protecting the environment rather than the needs or rights of human beings considered in isolation; of or relating to ecocentrism.
ΚΠ
1972 Ecology 53 371/2 The book is anthropocentric and not ecocentric.
1992 New Scientist 19 Sept. 15/3 Reclamation in Britain—particularly within British Coal—has always been technocentric. His goal is to make reclamation more ecocentric.
2000 J. Radcliffe Green Politics xi. 204 Eco-centric views would concentrate on the idea that nature should be protected for its own sake.
B. n.
An adherent or advocate of ecocentrism.
ΚΠ
1977 J. McPhee Coming into Country (1978) i. 88 Yes, but why do all you sneakerfaces, you ecocentrics, think you need so much of it?
1988 R. K. Turner Sustainable Environmental Managem. 5 The power of technological progress and substitution processes, is unlikely ever to be acceptable to ecocentrics.
1997 Jrnl. Southern Afr. Stud. 23 442 The idea of ‘bio-regionalism’ describes the ecocentrics' commitment to conservation areas which traverse the boundaries of nation-states where they do not coincide with ecological regions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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