environmentalismn.
/ᵻnˌvʌɪrə(n)ˈmɛntl̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ᵻnˌvʌɪrn̩ˈmɛntl̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ɛnˌvʌɪrə(n)ˈmɛntl̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ɛnˌvʌɪrn̩ˈmɛntl̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ənˌvaɪrə(n)ˈmɛn(t)lˌɪz(ə)m/, /ənˌvaɪ(ə)rnˈmɛn(t)lˌɪz(ə)m/, /ɛnˌvaɪrə(n)ˈmɛn(t)lˌɪz(ə)m/, /ɛnˌvaɪ(ə)rnˈmɛn(t)lˌɪz(ə)m/ 1. A theory positing the primary influence of environment (frequently as opposed to heredity) on development, esp. that of a person or group. Cf. nature and nurture at nature n. 7e.
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the world > people > science of mankind > [noun] > anthropology > theories in
anthroponomy1811
environmental determinism1892
biologism1912
environmentalism1917
diffusionism1918
monoanthropism1950
1917 Eugenics Rev. 8 302 He was naturally much influenced by the environmentalism of his contemporaries.
1920 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 26 1 The older environmentalism has declined and in its place has arisen the cult of heredity.
1971 Human Heredity 21 521 A diathesis-stressor model..fills the chasm between geneticism and environmentalism.
2002 R. Porter Blood & Guts iv. 90 Traditional explanations for the maladies of the tropics had drawn upon a miasmatic environmentalism ultimately rooted in Hippocratic teachings.
2. Concern with the preservation of the natural environment, esp. from damage caused by human influence; the politics or policies associated with this.
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1966 Washington Post 20 May a26/2 Ribicoff's ‘environmentalism’ is up against the silent pressure of multiplying people, whose standards of comfort and convenience seem eternally at war with standards of safety, health, and beauty.
1972 Sci. News 12 Feb. 101/2 The arguments in the United States over environmental problems have not yet reached these basic levels, even though environmentalism got its first major impetus here.
1982 Sports Illustr. 15 Nov. 24/2 Even some politicians on the other side of the trenches felt the need to identify themselves with environmentalism.
1990 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 4 May 50/5 Environmentalism is the new religion for the ‘us generation’ replacing the ‘me generation’, according to a report released this week.
2007 E. T. Freyfogle Agrarianism & Good Society 159 Environmentalism grew out of the land conservation cause.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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