antinature

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adjective

Opposing or destructive to nature, particularly in its sense as the material world and its nonhuman inhabitants.

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Meanings

adjectiveantinature (comparative more antinature, superlative most antinature)

comparative more antinature · superlative most antinature

  1. Opposing or destructive to nature, particularly in its sense as the material world and its nonhuman inhabitants.

    Much eco-feminist thought has rejected Christianity altogether, accepting the view that Christianity is not only inherently antifemale, but also antinature and that these two negativities are closely intertwined.

    1999, Arvind Sharma, Katherine K. Young, Feminism and world religions, page 223

Origin

From anti- + nature.

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Translations

Portuguese antinatureza
  • antinaturezaopposing or destructive to nature
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“antinature.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antinature. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antinature,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antinature.

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