Associations to the word «Environmentalist»

Wiktionary

ENVIRONMENTALIST, noun. (medicine) (social sciences) One who holds the view that environment, rather than heredity or culture, is the primary factor in the development of an individual or group.
ENVIRONMENTALIST, noun. One who advocates for the protection of the biosphere from misuse from human activity through such measures as ecosystem protection, waste reduction and pollution prevention
ENVIRONMENTALIST, adjective. Of, or relating to environmentalism.

Dictionary definition

ENVIRONMENTALIST, noun. Someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne