post-environmentalism
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/poʊst ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntlɪzəm/
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/pəʊst ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntlɪzəm/
beyond traditional environmentalism
Etymology
'post-environmentalism' originates from modern English, specifically from the prefix 'post-' (from Latin 'post' meaning 'after') combined with 'environmentalism' (from 'environment' + suffixes '-al' and '-ism'), where 'environment' refers to the surrounding conditions and '-ism' denotes a doctrine or movement.
'environment' entered English via Old French 'environ' (to surround) and related forms; 'environmentalism' arose in the 20th century to name the social/political movement concerned with environmental protection; the compound 'post-environmentalism' is a later coinage (late 20th to early 21st century) formed by prefixing 'post-' to indicate a perspective after or beyond conventional environmentalism.
Initially the element 'post-' simply indicated temporal or sequential relation ('after environmentalism'), but the compound has come to signify a more specific intellectual and political stance that critiques, reformulates, or moves beyond traditional environmentalist assumptions and strategies.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a critical or successor stance to traditional environmentalism that redefines, reframes, or moves beyond earlier environmental priorities—often integrating environmental issues with broader social, economic, or political concerns and emphasizing pragmatism or different policy approaches.
Scholars of post-environmentalism argue that environmental policy must be embedded in broader social and economic strategies rather than treated in isolation.
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