Loraxian

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Adjective[edit]

Loraxian (comparative more Loraxian, superlative most Loraxian)

  1. Relating to or reminiscent of The Lorax (1971), a children's book by Dr. Seuss about the harm caused by destroying the natural environment.
    • 2008, Roger L. Kemp, Cities and Water: A Handbook for Planning, page 101:
      Now that the state and local governments finally are catching up with FoLAR's restorative vision, Macadams's Loraxian voice sounds just like the politician's: "Once people come down to the river and it becomes part of their life, then it becomes part of the city.... It's a way of making the river the front yard."
    • 2019, Josh Garrett-Davis, What Is a Western?: Region, Genre, Imagination, page 128:
      Whether Howard has a Loraxian streak or just developed a taste for restoration in a long career of mining, his ethic is a rare one among raiders then or now.