Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Heedless or deliberate destruction of the natural environment, as by pollutants or an act of war.
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- noun The complete destruction of an
ecosystem due to human activities. It may result fromexploitation of resources,nuclear warfare or the dumping of harmfulchemicals .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The word ecocide comes from Greek as well, 'oikos', meaning 'house', and 'cidium', meaning to 'slay' or 'destroy'.
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Recognizing the long-term and wide-spread impacts caused by such degradation, experts have coined the term ecocide, literally meaning the killing of the environment.
TreeHugger 2009
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Polly Higgins, the lawyer behind the idea of ecocide, is on the board of DESERTEC
Planet Gore on National Review Online Chris Horner 2010
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She also describes ecocide, which is the deliberate destruction of natural places as a war tactic.
Planetsave 2009
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She also describes ecocide, which is the deliberate destruction of natural places as a war tactic.
Planetsave 2009
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She also describes ecocide, which is the deliberate destruction of natural places as a war tactic.
Planetsave 2009
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CANCUN, Mexico AP — Delegates from almost 200 nations worked Thursday to clear away a host of disputes and to take small steps forward in easing the impact of climate change at a conference whose limited goals drew an accusation of "ecocide" from Bolivia's President Evo Morales.
Evo Morales: 'Ecocide' Will Result From Governments Avoiding Strong Emissions Reductions At COP 16 Climate Change Conference The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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CANCUN, Mexico AP — Delegates from almost 200 nations worked Thursday to clear away a host of disputes and to take small steps forward in easing the impact of climate change at a conference whose limited goals drew an accusation of "ecocide" from Bolivia's President Evo Morales.
Evo Morales: 'Ecocide' Will Result From Governments Avoiding Strong Emissions Reductions At COP 16 Climate Change Conference The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Bolivian delegate Pablo Solon protested that the weak pledges of the Copenhagen Accord condemned the Earth to temperature increases of up to 4 degrees Celsius 7.2 F, saying that is tantamount to "ecocide" that could cost millions of lives.
UN Climate Deal Marks A Tiny Step Forward For Fighting Climate Change AP 2010
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You have a kind of ecocide where huge infrastructural projects are causing a drop in the water table.
Arundhati Roy's Version of Disaster in "This Year of India" 2010
qms commented on the word ecocide
Despite man’s thoughtless techno pride
Our land mass sinks in a long slow tide.
Our noxious emissions
Have made the conditions
So ripe for the planet’s ecocide.
April 15, 2019