antienvironmentalism

noun

Opposition to environmentalism.

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Meanings

nounantienvironmentalism (uncountable)

alternative anti-environmentalism

  1. uncountableOpposition to environmentalism.

    True, greed is still a major factor in anti-environmentalism. But climate denial has also become a front in the culture wars, […]

    2023 August 7, Paul Krugman, “Climate Is Now a Culture War Issue”, in The New York Times
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    Pollsters say that support for a net zero UK by 2050 is expressed among all political voters, yet anti-environmentalism appears to have been identified as a vote-winner.

    2023 August 26, Phoebe Weston, “Weed-choked pavements anger residents as ‘rewilding’ divides UK towns and cities”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Origin

From anti- + environmentalism.

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antienvironmentalism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antienvironmentalism

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