environmentalism

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Middle French environnementbor. English environment Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English environmental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English environmentalism From environmental + -ism.

1. A theory that views environment, rather than heredity or culture, as the important factor in the development of an individual or group.

   “The first is that the present work in no sense represents a relapse toward the old environmentalism which believed it could find the causes of culture in environment.”

2. A political and social ideology that seeks to prevent the environment from degradation by human activity.

   “The need for environmentalisms engaged with the commons rather than relegated to the individual consumer or tied to the middle-class principles of private property.”