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environmentalist

(ɪnvaɪərənmentəlɪst)
Word forms: plural environmentalists
countable noun
An environmentalist is a person who is concerned with protecting and preserving the natural environment, for example by preventing pollution.
Synonyms: conservationist, ecologist, green, friend of the earth More Synonyms of environmentalist

environmentalist in British English

(ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntəlɪst)
noun
1. 
an adherent of environmentalism
2. 
a person who is concerned with the maintenance of ecological balance and the conservation of the environment
3. 
a person concerned with issues that affect the environment, such as pollution

environmentalist in American English

(ɛnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntəlɪst; ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntəlɪst)
US
noun
1. 
a person who accepts the theory that environment is of overriding importance in determining individual characteristics
2. 
a person working to solve environmental problems, as air and water pollution, the exhaustion of natural resources, and uncontrolled population growth
Derived forms
environmentalism (enˌvironˈmentalˌism)
noun

Examples of 'environmentalist' in a sentence
environmentalist

The environmentalists say that time is running out.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
She is a committed environmentalist but needed to learn the economic realities of environmental protection.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He was a committed environmentalist who wanted to change things.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The proposal was attacked by road safety groups and environmentalists.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It has been criticised by environmentalists for funding groups that challenge the validity of global warming research.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
 Politicians and environmentalists have expressed concerns about the resulting pollution.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It will be surprising if many environmentalists notice this.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It means that he is tilting firmly against the wind sector favoured by many environmentalists.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
All but the most committed environmentalists are likely to need an added incentive to trade in their conventional hatchback.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But environmentalists say that the opening of the route shows the speed at which the polar ice caps are melting.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The potential conflict between protecting habitat and forging sources of clean energy is one that many environmentalists are struggling with.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Or did they really want a radical economist and committed environmentalist who will urge them to rewrite the entire system of government accounting?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Once reluctant to speak out, they are now borrowing the tactics of environmentalist and consumer groups to set the agenda.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Its plans are likely to be fiercely opposed by residents, conservation groups and some environmentalists concerned at the impact on the landscape.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A good thing too, the environmentalists say.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
You shouldn't be flying at all, the environmentalists say.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
How did such a committed environmentalist as Helm become the greens' bogeyman?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Residents' groups and environmentalists reacted with fury to the go-ahead.
The Sun (2008)
Plans to reform aviation taxes so that they penalise airlines for flying half-empty aircraft have been dropped, angering environmentalist groups.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)

In other languages
environmentalist

British English: environmentalist NOUN
An environmentalist is a person who is concerned with protecting and preserving the natural environment.
  • American English: environmentalist
  • Brazilian Portuguese: ecologista
  • Chinese: 环保主义者
  • European Spanish: ecologista
  • French: écologiste
  • German: Umweltschützer
  • Italian: studioso della protezione dell'ambiente
  • Japanese: 環境保護論者
  • Korean: 환경 보호주의자
  • European Portuguese: ecologista
  • Latin American Spanish: ecologista

Chinese translation of 'environmentalist'

environmentalist

(ɪnvaɪərnˈmɛntlɪst)

n (c)

  1. 环(環)境保护(護)论(論)者 (huánjìng bǎohùlùnzhě) (名, míng)
(noun) 
Definition
a person concerned with the protection and preservation of the natural environment
Environmentalists argue that drift net fishing should be banned.
Synonyms
conservationist
ecologist
Ecologists say the spread of the algae has been caused by increased pollution.
green
The Greens see themselves as a radical alternative to the two major parties.
friend of the earth
tree-hugger (informal, derogatory)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of ecologist
Ecologists say the spread of the algae has been caused by increased pollution.
Synonyms
environmentalist,
green,
friend of the earth,
tree-hugger (informal, derogatory)
in the sense of green
Definition
a person who supports environmentalist issues
The Greens see themselves as a radical alternative to the two major parties.
Synonyms
environmentalist,
conservationist,
tree-hugger (informal, derogatory)

Synonyms of 'environmentalist'

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