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environmentalism

DEFINITIONS OF: environmentalism

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n the philosophical doctrine that environment is more important than heredity in determining intellectual growth

Antonyms:
hereditarianism
the philosophical doctrine that heredity is more important than environment in determining intellectual growth
Type of:
philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy

n the activity of protecting the environment from pollution or destruction

Type of:
preservation, saving
the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
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