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ecocatastrophe

Meaning of "ecocatastrophe" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF ECOCATASTROPHE

ˌiːkəʊkəˈtæstrəfɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ECOCATASTROPHE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ecocatastrophe is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ECOCATASTROPHE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ecocatastrophe in the English dictionary

The definition of ecocatastrophe in the dictionary is a disaster caused by the behaviour of mankind that has great detrimental impact on the environment.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ECOCATASTROPHE

amyotrophy · anastrophe · antistrophe · apostrophe · atrophy · cacotrophy · catastrophe · dystrophy · epistrophe · eutrophy · exstrophy · heterostrophy · heterotrophy · hypertrophy · hypostrophe · leukodystrophy · lipodystrophy · monostrophe · oligotrophy · paedotrophy

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ECOCATASTROPHE

eco · eco-bling · eco-capitalism · eco-label · eco-labelling · eco-tax · eco-tourist · eco-warrior · ecocentric · ecocidal · ecocide · ecoclimate · ecofeminism · ecofeminist · Ecofin · ecofreak · ecofriendly · ecol. · ecolodge · ecologic

WORDS THAT END LIKE ECOCATASTROPHE

acalephe · all the · apache · Arc de Triomphe · bathyscaphe · breathe · cache · Christophe · coryphe · fiche · he · limitrophe · Marche · mesoscaphe · microfiche · philosophe · raphe · she · strophe · the

Synonyms and antonyms of ecocatastrophe in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ecocatastrophe» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF ECOCATASTROPHE

Find out the translation of ecocatastrophe to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of ecocatastrophe from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ecocatastrophe» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

生态灾难
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

ecocatastrophe
570 millions of speakers
en

English

ecocatastrophe
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

ecocatastrophe
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ecocatastrophe
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

экологическая катастрофа
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

ecocatastrophe
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ecocatastrophe
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

ecocatastrophe
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Ekosistem
190 millions of speakers
de

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ecocatastrophe
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ecocatastrophe
130 millions of speakers
ko

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ecocatastrophe
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Ecocatastrophe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ecocatastrophe
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

ecocatastrophe
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

Ecocatastrophe
75 millions of speakers
tr

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ecocatastrophe
70 millions of speakers
it

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ecocatastrophe
65 millions of speakers
pl

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ecocatastrophe
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

екологічна катастрофа
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

ecocatastrophe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Ecocatastrophe
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ecocatastrophe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ecocatastrophe
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ecocatastrophe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ecocatastrophe

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ECOCATASTROPHE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of ecocatastrophe
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ecocatastrophe

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ECOCATASTROPHE»

Discover the use of ecocatastrophe in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ecocatastrophe and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia
ECOCATASTROPHE. A term popularised by Paul Ehrlich, who used it in 1969 as the title of a futurological narrative summarising the anxieties about the threat of * population explosion and its corollary problems of resource management and ...
Brian M. Stableford, 2006
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A Companion to Science Fiction
would constitute a kind of justice. As the twenty-first century began the great majority of science-fiction images of the future were content to take it for granted that the ecocatastrophe was not only under way but already irreversible – and that the ...
David Seed, 2008
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Literary Materialisms
Butifthatis the goal,then wemust return atlast totheapocalyptic language of ecocatastrophe with whichI began thisessay, and whichI termed the putative “ externality”of ecocriticism. If a certaindisavowal has animated ecocriticism's ahistorical ...
Mathias Nilges, Emilio Sauri, 2013
4
Future Americas
We survived the goddam Ecocatastrophe and saved the goddam world! We're supposed to be past all that.'' Dr. Harkness tried to explain. It was pointless, in the circumstances, given that it wasn't ignorance or incomprehension that had set ...
John Helfers, Martin H. Greenberg, 2008
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The Deep Ecology Movement: An Introductory Anthology
On the other hand, such a deeper understanding of nature, which enables us to be life-affirming in the face of ecocatastrophe, seems to obviate the need for conservation, for if Gaia is but a single manifestation of a deeper and inexhaustible ...
Alan R. Drengson, Yuichi Inoue, 1995
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The Great Chain of Being and Other Tales of the Biotech ...
When mutual exhaustion finally produce a lull in Alan's grandstanding cross- examination of Dr. Harkness, Sarah said: "My grandma still thought that once the Ecocatastrophe was over and progress was back on track, we'd finally emerge into ...
Brian Stableford, 2009
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Speak Up for Just War Or Pacifism: A Critique of the United ...
See Roger Revelle, "Paul Ehrlich: New High Priest of Ecocatastrophe," Family Perspectives, 3 (April 1971), 68, quoted by Arthur J. Dyck, On Human Care: An Introduction to Ethics (Nashville, Tenn.: Abingdon Press, 1977), p. 41 and p. 21.
Paul Ramsey, 2010
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Gothic Grotesques: Essays on Fantastic Literature
The possibility of ecocatastrophe became a significant topic of political discourse, reflected in such texts as J. Clarence Davies's, The Politics of Pollution (1970) and James Ridgeway's The Politics of Ecology (1970), in the founding of Green ...
Brian Stableford, 2009
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Ecology and Contemporary Nordic Cinemas: From ...
ecocatastrophe: It's. All. AboutLove. andrunning. out. of. objectifications. Much of the existing critical work (Brereton 2005; Kääpä 2013) on ecoapocalyptic scenarios focuses on the films of Roland Emmerich, especially TheDayAfter ...
Pietari Kääpä, 2014
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International Perspectives in Feminist Ecocriticism
EcoCatastrophe: Laura. Conti. in. Seveso. NorthernItaly.July 10,1976, 12:40p.m.: [A]vast toxic cloudrose above the roofs of Seveso, Meda, andother nearbysmalltowns, originating from the ICMESA factory, owned by the Swiss company ...
Greta Gaard, Simon C. Estok, Serpil Oppermann, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ECOCATASTROPHE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ecocatastrophe is used in the context of the following news items.
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It's the Humans, *Stupid*
Perhaps. We may well have already crossed the line into inevitable ecocatastrophe. If not, however, it might just mean that we are on the brink ... «AlterNet, Jun 15»
2
Why Is It Taking So Long For Psychology To Go Green?
But as Ralph Metzner reminded us in 1999, "It is in the hearts and minds of human beings that the causes and cures of the ecocatastrophe are ... «Huffington Post, Feb 15»
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Crowdfund actual giant mechs, Cartography board games and more!
... series chronicling the adventures of Orson Welles' revived head in New York City ten years after fracking has triggered an ecocatastrophe. «io9, Nov 14»
4
Zombies in the Time of Ebola: Why We Need Horror Movies Now …
We don't know if it will come in the form of a plague, an ecocatastrophe, a religious war, a totalitarian crackdown, or an imperative to eat or be ... «Vulture, Oct 14»
5
John Holdren: The Scientist Who Cried Wolf
Writing in 1971, Holdren claimed that, because of overpopulation, “some form of ecocatastrophe, if not thermonuclear war, seems almost ... «The Federalist, May 14»
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White House: 'Polar vortex' cold likely linked to manmade climate …
In the late 1960s Holdren warned that population controls needed to be implemented immediately and that “some form of ecocatastrophe” ... «Examiner.com, Jan 14»
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Zeke Emanuel: If you want to pay more to keep your doctor, “you can …
“An ecocatastrophe (climate change) is taking place on earth.. prohibition, enforcement and oppression are the only solution. Those most ... «Hot Air, Dec 13»
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Our brave new world of Malthusian madmen
It is less widely known now that he wrote a dramatised version of that book, a fictionalised account, called Ecocatastrophe (1969). And as The ... «Spiked, Nov 10»
9
Halloween Hangover: Ehrlich, Holdren, Hansen Unretracted
Some form of ecocatastrophe, if not thermonuclear war, seems almost certain to overtake us before the end of the century. (The inability to ... «Prison Planet.com, Nov 10»
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Climate Change And Social Justice: Towards An Ecosocialist …
... and culture. Only through an ecosocialist politics we can avoid the impending ecocatastrophe, thus saving the planet and human beings. «CounterCurrents.org, Jun 10»
REFERENCE
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