ecofreak

noun

ecofreak

noun

Etymology From eco- + freak.

1

Derogatory, Informal A person with a passion for protecting the natural environment; an ecological activist.

  • 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:
  • 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:
Synonyms
duck-squeezer, ecocrazy, ecohippie, econazi, enviro, environazi, envirotard, tree hugger

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