Eco-warrior

//ˈiː.kəʊ ˌwɒ.ɹi.əɹ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An environmentalist who places a greater emphasis upon taking practical action, rather than upon theoretical considerations, in order to advance an ecological ideology.

    "The time has come, eco-warriors say, for the underground in this war to rise, to fight back against the onslaught of technomania sweeping every corner of the world from Silicon Valley to the Amazon River Valley, […]"

Synonyms

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environmentalist

Example

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"Ousted from the conservationist organization he founded, the Canadian-American eco-warrior says he is back in business with a new ship and crew and is ready to resume tormenting the world’s whalers and others he sees as despoilers of the world’s oceans."

Etymology

From eco- + warrior.

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