environmentalist
Noun
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Someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution (synset 110080429)
is a type of: crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer - a disputant who advocates reformsubtypes:
- green - an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party
- tree hugger - derogatory term for environmentalists who support restrictions on the logging industry and the preservation of forests
specific instances:- carson, rachel carson, rachel louise carson - United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964)
- barbara ward, baroness jackson of lodsworth, ward - English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)
same as: conservationist
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