Earthism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The belief that environmental concerns should be primary above all other considerations. uncountable

    "The chief problem with earthism is that it sometimes distracts attention from commitment to justice for the poor and oppressed."

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"The chief problem with earthism is that it sometimes distracts attention from commitment to justice for the poor and oppressed."

Etymology

From earth + -ism, coined by John B. Cobb in the 1990s as a contrast to economism.

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