environazi

English

Etymology

From enviro- +‎ Nazi.

Noun

environazi (plural environazis)

1. (informal, derogatory) A hardline environmentalist.
   • 2005 February 11, Richard Bell, “Re: Are nukes the answer to global warming?”, in alt.global-warming‎^[1] (Usenet):

     The environazis are terrified by nuclear power, not because it is not as safe as its record proves it to be, but because the widespread use of nuclear power will make our consumer economy sustainable, with only moderate changes in the way materials are handled.

   • 2007 March 22, G. Gillette, “Re: Americans - Dumber Than Fuck.”, in alt.global-warming‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Yes! No more TV sets, no more light bulbs! No more electricity! We'll be back in the dark ages if the environazis have their ways!

   • 2011, Peter Watts, Crysis: Legion, Del Rey, published 2011, →ISBN, page 7:

     The whole world's fighting over fresh water like a pack of starving dogs with one stripped bone among them, and then Brazil started shooting all those sulfates into the stratosphere and—well, it was turning out just like the environazis said, only way worse and way fucking faster.

Synonyms

• ecocrazy, ecofreak, ecohippie, econazi, enviro, envirotard, tree hugger

Anagrams

• Vizenorian