extractivist en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English extract Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English extractive Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English extractivist From extractive + -ist.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Characterised by seeking to extract as much of a high-demand resource as possible from a forested area in as short a time as possible.
Discreet extractivisms happen on the local level, but the extractivist mindset has grave implications on the world-system level. The increasingly pervasive and aggressive extractivist paradigm is now a global phenomenon.
2021, C. Parker Krieg, Reetta Toivanen, editors, Situating Sustainability: A Handbook of Contexts and Concepts, Helsinki University Press, →ISBN, page 243: