environmentalist
/ɪnˌvʌɪrənˈmɛnt(ə)lɪst
/ /ɛnˌvʌɪrənˈmɛnt(ə)lɪst/noun
1A person who is concerned about protecting the environment: [as modifier]: the environmentalist movement...
- So how do concerned environmentalists tackle the enormous challenge of driving that switch?
- Generations of conservationists and environmentalists have reinforced these views.
- But I cannot support the extreme environmentalist positions that you present in your magazine.
Synonyms
conservationist, preservationist, ecologist, green, nature-lover, eco-activist
informal, derogatory eco-nut, ecofreak, tree hugger
2A person who considers that environment, as opposed to heredity, has the primary influence on the development of a person or group.
Rhymes
- genetic engineering
- genetic fallacy
- genetic fingerprint
- genetic fingerprinting
- genetic imprinting
- genetic information
- geneticise
- geneticism
- geneticist
- geneticize
- genetic load
- genetic map
- genetic mapping
- genetic marker
- genetic memory
- genetic modification
- genetic pollution
- genetic profile
- genetic profiling
- genetic psychology
- genetics
- genetic screening
- genetic spiral
- genetic testing
- genetively