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ecofascism en · NOUN

Etymology

From eco- + fascism.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The combination of fascist politics with support for ecological concerns.
   • But we are beginning to get a picture of what new kinds of eco-fascism and eco-authoritarianism might look like, including its genocidal implications. 2021 May 7, Luke Buckmaster, “The Mad Max films depict a world increasingly degraded. Furiosa will be far from comforting”, in The Guardian:
   • As climate change politics develop, ecofascism and neo-Malthusian thought are also gathering strength. 2020, Oscar Berglund, Daniel Schmidt, Extinction Rebellion and Climate Change Activism, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 3:
   • But eco-fascism is a longstanding political ideology that is currently undergoing a revival in the fetid culture of the contemporary extremist right. In general, unlike many on the political right, eco-fascists concede the reality of looming ecological catastrophe. But the “solutions” they propose are frankly genocidal. 2019 March 19, Jason Wilson, “Eco-fascism is undergoing a revival in the fetid culture of the extreme right”, in The Guardian:
   • No ecofascism government has yet existed, but important aspects of it can be discerned in German National Socialism, one of whose central slogans was Blut und Boden, “[pure] blood and [pure] land.” 2008, Bron Taylor, editor, Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 531:
2. (derogatory, uncountable) Aggressive environmental activism.

Forms

Relateds

ecofascistic · ecofascist

Translations (11)

eo ekologia faŝismo (ecofascism) · id ekofasisme (ecofascism) · sv ekofascism (ecofascism) · de Ökofaschismus (ecofascism) · fi ekofasismi (ecofascism) · eo ekofaŝismo (ecofascism) · pt ecofascismo (ecofascism) · it ecofascismo (ecofascism) · fr écofascisme (ecofascism) · fr écototalitarisme (ecofascism) · nl ecofascisme (ecofascism)