different between environmentalist vs environazi

English

Etymology

environmental +? -ist

Noun

environmentalist (plural environmentalists)

1. (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.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:environmentalist.
2. 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.

Synonyms

• (one who advocates for the protection of the biosphere): greenie (chiefly Australia and New Zealand, slang, often derogatory), tree hugger (slang, often disapproving)

Hyponyms

(one who advocates for the protection of the biosphere):

• ecocapitalist
• ecosocialist

Derived terms

• pseudoenvironmentalist

Related terms

• environmentalism
• environmental
• environment
• enviro-

Translations

Adjective

environmentalist (comparative more environmentalist, superlative most environmentalist)

1. Of, or relating to environmentalism.

See also

• conservationist
• ecologist
• preservationist

English

Etymology

enviro- +? Nazi.

Noun

environazi (plural environazis)

1. (informal, derogatory) A hardline environmentalist.
   • 2011, Peter Watts, Crysis: Legion, Del Rey (2011), ?ISBN, page 7:

     The whole world's fighting over fresh water like a pack of starving dogs with one stripped bone among them, and then Brazil started shooting all those sulfates into the stratosphere and—well, it was turning out just like the environazis said, only way worse and way fucking faster.

Synonyms

• ecocrazy, ecofreak, ecohippie, econazi, enviro, envirotard, tree hugger

Anagrams

• Vizenorian