ecofreak

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noun

A person with a passion for protecting the natural environment; an ecological activist.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounecofreak (plural ecofreaks)

plural ecofreaks

  1. derogatoryinformalA person with a passion for protecting the natural environment; an ecological activist.

    The initial result of the rational ecofreak policies would be that the level of measured income would fall, or at least rise less rapidly...

    1973, Daedalus: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    1 more example

    The corporate world has responded to a perceived threat to the economic order by casting the environmentalist as un-American, as an ecofreak...

    1999, Fred H Knelman, Every Life is a Story

    Synonyms: duck-squeezer, ecocrazy, ecohippie, econazi, enviro, environazi, envirotard, tree hugger

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person with a passion for protecting the natural environment; an ecological activist.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekοἶκος (oîkos)
  2. Latinoeco-
  3. Frenchéco-
  4. Englisheco-
  5. Englishfreak
  6. Englishecofreak

From eco- + freak.

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APA

ecofreak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecofreak

MLA

“ecofreak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecofreak. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ecofreak,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecofreak.

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