ecofreak

English

Etymology

eco- +‎ freak

Noun

ecofreak (plural ecofreaks)

1. (informal, derogatory) A person with a passion for protecting the natural environment; an ecological activist.
   • 1973, Daedalus: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences:

     The initial result of the rational ecofreak policies would be that the level of measured income would fall, or at least rise less rapidly...

   • 1999, Fred H Knelman, Every Life is a Story:

     The corporate world has responded to a perceived threat to the economic order by casting the environmentalist as un-American, as an ecofreak...

Synonyms

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