environmentalism
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5.2
- noun
- /ˌɛnvaɪrənˈmɛntəlɪzəm/
- Formal
:
ambientalismo
- The similarities between the quality and environmental movements demonstrate that environmentalism may eventually permeate business thinking and practice.
Examples
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The problem described involves more than just the possible co-optation of the environmentalism movement.
Academic text (1993) -
In an important sense, his environmentalism and his moralism were somewhat at odds.
Academic text (1991) -
And it's the idea that, you know, environmentalism has this view that the environments out there imposed on us.
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Yet vigorous environmentalism is a reality that all participants in the international petroleum industry must recognize.
Academic text (1993) -
Not only has this assumption been widely held, but it has also been supported by social science analyses of environmentalism.
Academic text (1993) -
Environmentalism, I will argue, is a very substantial determinant of that industrial policy.
Academic text (1993) -
Business has rarely embraced environmentalism wholeheartedly, yet it is probably the single most important player in the transition to sustainability.
Academic text (1995) -
In the last analysis, the shrill opposition to the payment of compensation may well betray a fear that environmentalism enjoys a lower level of public support than its champions wish to believe.
Academic text (2004) -
The parallels between quality and environmentalism enable us to estimate by analogy the degree to which environmentalism is converging with competitiveness as an accepted maxim of business education.
Academic text (1997) -
Many young activists are passionate about environmentalism, believing it can lead to a better future for our planet.
Synonyms
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4.2
The effect of home and life experiences on how a person develops
Antonyms
The belief that a person's genes matter more than upbringing for intelligence and personality
Surface Forms
Morphology
environmentalism = environmental (semi-transparent) = environment + al + ism
Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ism' to the clearly formed adjective 'environmental' (environment + -al), making the derivation regular and predictable.
Etymology
Environmentalism here means the idea that a person's surroundings shape who they become. The word comes from environment, which literally means the things 'around' you, like your 'surroundings', plus -ism, a word part that means a 'belief' or system, so environmentalism is the belief that what is 'around' someone is most important in their development.