Dictionary

ecoterrorism en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wóyḱos Proto-Hellenic *wóikos Ancient Greek ϝοῖκος (woîkos) Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) Latin oeco- French éco- English eco- Proto-Indo-European *tres- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti Proto-Italic *trozeō Latin terreō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin terrorbor. Old French terreur Middle French terreur French terreur Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French terrorisme English terrorism English ecoterrorism From eco- + terrorism.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Terrorism with an ecological motive, such as attacks against corporations perceived to be harming the natural environment.
   • Hours later, Ms. Bari, whose pelvis was crushed by the blast, and Mr. Cherney, who was slightly wounded, were arrested by the Oakland police and the F.B.I., which said the bomb had accidentally detonated while the pair were transporting it to use for ecoterrorism. 2002 June 12, Evelyn Nieves, “Environmentalists Win Bombing Lawsuit”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • He said that ecoterrorism by radical and violent groups only encourages fear […] 2003, Jacqueline Vaughn Switzer, Environmental Activism: A Reference Handbook:
   • On either view and at least in principle, ecoterrorism will be the worst possible policy […] 1998, Albert Weale, Michael Nentwich, Political Theory and the European Union:
   • The message on the sheet was signed with the letters “E.L.F.,” the infamous initials of the Earth Liberation Front, a loosely organized group that has been linked to multiple bold acts of ecoterrorism across the Northwest and elsewhere for two decades. 2008 March 4, William Yardley, “Ecoterrorism Suspected in House Fires in Seattle Suburb”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

Coordinates

ecotage

Relateds

ecoterrorist

Translations (9)

cmn 生態恐怖主義 /生态恐怖主义 (terrorism with an ecological motive) · fi ekoterrorismi (terrorism with an ecological motive) · de Ökoterrorismus (terrorism with an ecological motive) · ru э́котерроризм (terrorism with an ecological motive) · nl ecoterrorisme (terrorism with an ecological motive) · pl ekoterroryzm (terrorism with an ecological motive) · hu ökoterrorizmus (terrorism with an ecological motive) · ru экологи́ческий террори́зм (terrorism with an ecological motive) · pt ecoterrorismo (terrorism with an ecological motive)