environmentalism

Definitions of environmentalism
  1. noun
    the philosophical doctrine that environment is more important than heredity in determining intellectual growth
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    antonyms:
    hereditarianism
    the philosophical doctrine that heredity is more important than environment in determining intellectual growth
    type of:
    philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
    a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy
  2. noun
    the activity of protecting the environment from pollution or destruction
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    type of:
    preservation, saving
    the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
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