environmentalist Definition
☆ en·vi·ron·men·tal·ist (en vī′rən ment′'l ist, in-)
noun
- a person who accepts the theory that environment is of overriding importance in determining individual characteristics
- a person working to solve environmental problems, as air and water pollution, the exhaustion of natural resources, and uncontrolled population growth
environmentalist Related Forms
en·vi′·ron·men′·tal·ism′ noun
environmentalist Synonyms
environmentalist Usage Examples
Converse of subject
- criticize: China has long been criticized by environmentalists for a litany of environmental crimes.
- welcome: Greens hail decision over paths in clear areas Moves to reopen paths in unaffected areas have been welcomed by environmentalists.
- make: This is the claim made by local environmentalists involved in the ' Save Lea Valley ' campaign.
- oppose: Because these plans are linked with major environmental impacts, they are being vigorously opposed by environmentalists.
Converse of object
- say: Who says environmentalists don't have a sense of humor?
- lead: Consistency should then lead environmentalists to demand bans on green manure!
- concern: Let's look at China's recent economic development, and what exactly is concerning environmentalists.
- become: She became an early environmentalist: the house swarmed with animals, including a collection of monkeys.
- include: For the educated, idealistic middle class, including many Northern environmentalists, the equation is self-evident.
- have: Rae Phillips from New Mexico in America has a real environmentalist for a cat.
Adjective modifier
- skeptical: Bjorn Lomborg, The skeptical environmentalist, CUP 2001.
- chartered: The IES has recently accepted its first new Chartered Environmentalist through the full process.
- committed: CAT was set up in a disused slate quarry in the 1970s by a group of committed environmentalists.
- radical: A couple of decades ago it was radical environmentalists.
- Western: Not all Western environmentalists, of course, take all of these dichotomies for granted.
- so-called: The advertising feature was too clever to mention the Railroad Development Society by name, but attacked " so-called environmentalists.
Modifies a noun
- movement: Why do you think the environmentalist movement is so strong today?
- group: There are also a number of environmentalist groups involved.
- monk: Environmentalist monks are also caught up in this debate.
- party: The party thus had to make accommodations at various stages with communist and environmentalist parties.

