ecoconscious

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adjective

Environmentally aware; sensitive to environmental impact

OriginEnglish conscious ← French éco- ← Latin oeco- →
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Meanings

adjectiveecoconscious (comparative more ecoconscious, superlative most ecoconscious)

comparative more ecoconscious · superlative most ecoconscious

  1. Environmentally aware; sensitive to environmental impact

    WHILE its tie to a major corporation may breed suspicion among the ecoconscious consumers it courts, being a rich daughter brand does give Origins the financial advantage to stay committed to its mission[…].

    2007 March 15, Mike Albo, “Save a Face, Save the World”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wóyḱos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*wóikos
  4. Ancient Greekϝοῖκος (woîkos)
  5. Ancient Greekοἶκος (oîkos)
  6. Latinoeco-
  7. Frenchéco-
  8. Englisheco-
  9. Englishconscious
  10. Englishecoconscious

From eco- + conscious.

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APA

ecoconscious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecoconscious

MLA

“ecoconscious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecoconscious. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ecoconscious,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecoconscious.

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