| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| environmentalism |
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| SYLLABICATION: | en·vi·ron·men·tal·ism |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n-v  r n-mn tl- zm, -vrn- |
| NOUN: | 1. Advocacy for or work toward protecting the natural environment from destruction or pollution. 2. The theory that environment rather than heredity is the primary influence on intellectual growth and cultural development. | | OTHER FORMS: | en·viron·mental·ist —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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