Gaian
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A radical Green who views the ecology of the Earth's biosphere not only as the basis of human moral examples, but of all cognition and even sentience.
- 2 A member of the anime-themed social networking and forums-based website Gaia Online. Internet
"Inspired by comic-book and anime fans, “Gaians” play games, […]"
- 3 An inhabitant of Earth.
- 1 Of or relating to Gaia.
"Having recognised the Gaian phenomenon I would like to explain where I think Gaia comes from and ask for how long this Gaia phenomenon has persisted on the surface of the Earth. And then I would like to raise some of the objections to the Gaia hypothesis. To my knowledge the Gaia hypothesis has never been discussed in polite scientific society by sympathetic scientists; this is an all time first."
Example
More examples"Having recognised the Gaian phenomenon I would like to explain where I think Gaia comes from and ask for how long this Gaia phenomenon has persisted on the surface of the Earth. And then I would like to raise some of the objections to the Gaia hypothesis. To my knowledge the Gaia hypothesis has never been discussed in polite scientific society by sympathetic scientists; this is an all time first."
Etymology
From Gaia + -an.
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