Table of Contents
Definition of Environmentalism
(noun) The social movement that seeks to protect, improve, or preserve the natural environment.
Environmentalism Pronunciation
Syllabification: en·vi·ron·men·tal·ism
Audio Pronunciation
Phonetic Spelling
- American English – /in-vie-ruhn-mEn-tuh-lizm/
- British English – /in-vie-ruhn-mEn-tuh-li-zuhm/
International Phonetic Alphabet
- American English – /ɛnˈvaɪrənˌmɛntəˌlɪzəm/
- British English – /ᵻnˌvʌɪrə(n)ˈmɛntl̩ɪz(ə)m/
Usage Note
- Plural: environmentalisms
Additional Information
- Word origin of “environmentalism” – Online Etymology Dictionary: etymonline.com
- Anderson, David G., and Eeva K. Berglund, eds. 2003. Ethnographies of Conservation: Environmentalism and the Distribution of Privilege. New York: Berghahn Books.
- Argyrou, Vassos. 2005. The Logic of Environmentalism: Anthropology, Ecology and Postcoloniality. New York: Berghahn Books.
- Barry, Tom, and Beth Sims. 1994. The Challenge of Cross-border Environmentalism: The U.S. – Mexico Case. Albuquerque, NM: Resource Center Press.
- Loftus, Alex. 2012. Everyday Environmentalism: Creating an Urban Political Ecology. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
- Milton, Kay, ed. 1993. Environmentalism: The View from Anthropology. London: Routledge.
Related Terms
- agriculture
- cultural ecology
- ecoterrorism
- environment
- environmental racism
- environmental sociology
- horticulture
- human ecology
- physical environment
- subsistence strategy
Cite the Definition of Environmentalism
ASA – American Sociological Association (5th edition)
Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “environmentalism.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Retrieved April 19, 2024 (https://sociologydictionary.org/environmentalism/).
APA – American Psychological Association (6th edition)
environmentalism. (2013). In K. Bell (Ed.), Open education sociology dictionary. Retrieved from https://sociologydictionary.org/environmentalism/
Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date – Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition)
Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “environmentalism.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://sociologydictionary.org/environmentalism/.
MLA – Modern Language Association (7th edition)
“environmentalism.” Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Ed. Kenton Bell. 2013. Web. 19 Apr. 2024. <https://sociologydictionary.org/environmentalism/>.