Ecological vs Ecoterrorism - What's the difference?
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Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.
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Terrorism with an ecological motive, such as attacks against corporations perceived to be harming the natural environment.
* 1998 , Albert Weale, Michael Nentwich, Political Theory and the European Union
* 2003 , Jacqueline Vaughn Switzer, Environmental Activism: A Reference Handbook
As an adjective ecological
is relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.As a noun ecoterrorism is
terrorism with an ecological motive, such as attacks against corporations perceived to be harming the natural environment.ecological
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)Katie L. Burke
In the News, volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.}}
Synonyms
* (not harmful to the environment) ecologically friendly, environmentally friendlyecoterrorism
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(wikipedia ecoterrorism)Noun
(-)- On either view and at least in principle, ecoterrorism will be the worst possible policy...
- He said that ecoterrorism by radical and violent groups only encourages fear...