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Definition of: environmentalist
(in·vī′rən·men′təl·ist) noun
1. One who advocates preservation of the environment, as from commercial exploitation.
2. One who attaches more importance to environment than to heredity as a determinant in the development of a person or a group.
—en·vi′ron·men′tal·ism noun
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