ecocide
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- noun
- /ˈiːkoʊsaɪd/
:
ecocidio
- The activists campaigned tirelessly to stop the ongoing ecocide occurring in the rainforest.
Examples
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It's clear that the global human economy is an engine of ecocide.
Blog text (11) -
The problem with ecocide is not just that it hurts human beings.
Academic text (1994) -
However much we identify with the earth and nature, the effects of ecocide are not felt equally by all.
Academic text (1994) -
I have said that ecocide is a spiritual disease.
Academic text (2000) -
But today people called this "planetary ecocide."
Fiction book (1998) -
The course we're drifting towards leads inevitably to massive famine and ecocide.
Blog text (10) -
These changes are intended to redress the "ecocide" that was part and parcel of the communist regime.
Academic text (1993) -
The Sharers of Shora have never, and will never, countenance ecocide.
Fiction book (1998) -
But ecofeminists say that the system is leading us to ecocide and species suicide because it is based on ignorance, fear, delusion, and greed.
Academic text (1991) -
Now, though, with the ramifications of human hubris and destructive human behavior threatening global ecocide, we can add a new term to the equation, perhaps one that will possess more rhetorical suasion: we need to curb ourselves for the sake of the world itself, for the ongoing sustained perpetuation of creation, including, of course, ourselves within it.
Academic text (2001)
Antonyms
How Destructive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word ecocide combines eco- from the Greek oikos meaning 'house' or 'home', a part you see in ecology and eco-friendly, with -cide meaning 'to kill', as in homicide. So, ecocide means the killing or very large destruction of the natural 'home', which is why people use it for major oil spills or wide forest damage.