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ecofreak en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) Latin oeco- French éco- English eco- English freak English ecofreak From eco- + freak.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, informal) A person with a passion for protecting the natural environment; an ecological activist.
   • The corporate world has responded to a perceived threat to the economic order by casting the environmentalist as un-American, as an ecofreak... 1999, Fred H Knelman, Every Life is a Story:
   • The initial result of the rational ecofreak policies would be that the level of measured income would fall, or at least rise less rapidly... 1973, Daedalus: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences:

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Synonyms

enviro · envirotard · tree hugger · duck-squeezer · environazi · ecohippie · ecocrazy · econazi