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    ENVIRONMENTALIST

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollutionplay

    Synonyms:

    conservationist; environmentalist

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("environmentalist" is a kind of...):

    crusader; meliorist; reformer; reformist; social reformer (a disputant who advocates reform)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "environmentalist"):

    Green (an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party)

    tree hugger (derogatory term for environmentalists who support restrictions on the logging industry and the preservation of forests)

    Instance hyponyms:

    Carson; Rachel Carson; Rachel Louise Carson (United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964))

    Barbara Ward; Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth; Ward (English economist and conservationist (1914-1981))

    Derivation:

    environmentalism (the activity of protecting the environment from pollution or destruction)

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