environmentalist
noun
en·vi·ron·men·tal·ist
in-ˌvī-rə(n)-ˈmen-tə-ləst 
-ˌvī(-ə)r(n)-
plural environmentalists
: an advocate of environmentalism : a person who is focused on the preservation, restoration, and improvement of the natural environment
While dams have been touted in the name of water conservation and clean, renewable energy, environmentalists have long challenged the claim that dams are "green" technology. The deleterious ecological impacts of dams, they insist, have been profound.—
Patrick Joseph
Patrick JosephMeanwhile, environmentalists have responded that climate change and habitat loss due to development should require builders to think even more carefully about their projects.—Emma Cotton et al.
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However, some economists and environmentalists reject a typical response to rebuilding.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025
Between 1997 and 2001, Arcosanti hosted the Paradox Conference series, a set of conventions and trainings focused on sustainable design that attracted environmentalists and architects from across the United States — especially the Bay Area.
—Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
My reporting, including more than a dozen interviews with sociologists, conservative influencers, and mainstream environmentalists, identified two loose and partly overlapping strains.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 28 Jan. 2025
But environmentalists sued and a federal court ruled in their favor in February 2024.
—Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2025
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Samantha Delouya, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025
Between 1997 and 2001, Arcosanti hosted the Paradox Conference series, a set of conventions and trainings focused on sustainable design that attracted environmentalists and architects from across the United States — especially the Bay Area.
—Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
My reporting, including more than a dozen interviews with sociologists, conservative influencers, and mainstream environmentalists, identified two loose and partly overlapping strains.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 28 Jan. 2025
But environmentalists sued and a federal court ruled in their favor in February 2024.
—Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2025
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environmentalist
noun
en·vi·ron·men·tal·ist
-ˌvī-rən-ˈment-ᵊl-əst
-ˌvī(-ə)rn-
: a person concerned about environmental quality and especially with controlling pollution
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environmentalist
noun
en·vi·ron·men·tal·ist
-ᵊl-əst
1
: an advocate of environmentalism
2
: one concerned about environmental quality especially of the human environment with respect to the control of pollution
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