environmentalist
noun
en·vi·ron·men·tal·ist
in-ˌvī-rə(n)-ˈmen-tə-ləst 
-ˌvī(-ə)r(n)-
plural environmentalists
: an advocate of environmentalism : a person who is focused on the preservation, restoration, and improvement of the natural environment
While dams have been touted in the name of water conservation and clean, renewable energy, environmentalists have long challenged the claim that dams are "green" technology. The deleterious ecological impacts of dams, they insist, have been profound.—
Patrick Joseph
Patrick JosephMeanwhile, environmentalists have responded that climate change and habitat loss due to development should require builders to think even more carefully about their projects.—Emma Cotton et al.
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One of these projects brought together farmers, environmentalists, scientists and government officials in Spain and Italy to have a dialogue about how best to manage conflict with wolves.
—Olivia Ferrari, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
Union workers, environmentalists, feminists, professors, animal rights activists, civil rights leaders, and Hollywood glitterati could all coexist under one big political tent.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 24 Apr. 2025
Today, on Earth Day, ProPublica is publishing an interview with Abigail Dillen, president of Earthjustice, the country’s biggest public interest environmental firm, about the escalating hostility environmentalists face.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 22 Apr. 2025
Officials, land trustees and environmentalists said a unique set of factors led to Maryland’s success.
—Andrew Mangum, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
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Olivia Ferrari, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
Union workers, environmentalists, feminists, professors, animal rights activists, civil rights leaders, and Hollywood glitterati could all coexist under one big political tent.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 24 Apr. 2025
Today, on Earth Day, ProPublica is publishing an interview with Abigail Dillen, president of Earthjustice, the country’s biggest public interest environmental firm, about the escalating hostility environmentalists face.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 22 Apr. 2025
Officials, land trustees and environmentalists said a unique set of factors led to Maryland’s success.
—Andrew Mangum, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
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environmentalist
noun
en·vi·ron·men·tal·ist
-ˌvī-rən-ˈment-ᵊl-əst
-ˌvī(-ə)rn-
: a person concerned about environmental quality and especially with controlling pollution
Medical Definition
environmentalist
noun
en·vi·ron·men·tal·ist
-ᵊl-əst
1
: an advocate of environmentalism
2
: one concerned about environmental quality especially of the human environment with respect to the control of pollution
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