econut

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noun

One who takes a strong interest in environmental issues.

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Meanings

nouneconut (plural econuts)

plural econuts

  1. derogatoryslangOne who takes a strong interest in environmental issues.

    Murder, arson, rape, pestilence and doom, screamed the econuts. Death by radioactivity, malformed children for generations, atomic holocaust. Not one bugaboo of the econuts' arsenal of horror tales was left unused[…]

    1973, Petr Beckmann, Eco-hysterics and the technophobes, page 91

Origin

From eco- + nut.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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