extractivist

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adjective

Characterised by seeking to extract as much of a high-demand resource as possible from a forested area in as short a time as possible.

OriginEnglish extractive →
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Meanings

adjectiveextractivist (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCharacterised by seeking to extract as much of a high-demand resource as possible from a forested area in as short a time as possible.

    Discreet extractivisms happen on the local level, but the extractivist mindset has grave implications on the world-system level. The increasingly pervasive and aggressive extractivist paradigm is now a global phenomenon.

    2021, C. Parker Krieg, Reetta Toivanen, editors, Situating Sustainability: A Handbook of Contexts and Concepts, Helsinki University Press, →ISBN, page 243
nounextractivist (plural extractivists)

plural extractivists

  1. Such a person or organisation.

Origin

  1. Englishextract
  2. Englishextractive
  3. Englishextractivist

From extractive + -ist.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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