ecofascism

English

Alternative forms

• eco-fascism

Etymology

eco- +‎ fascism

Noun

ecofascism (uncountable)

1. The combination of fascist politics with support for ecological concerns.
   • 2008, Bron Taylor, editor, Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 531:

     No ecofascism government has yet existed, but important aspects of it can be discerned in German National Socialism, one of whose central slogans was Blut und Boden, “[pure] blood and [pure] land.”

   • 2019 March 19, Jason Wilson, “Eco-fascism is undergoing a revival in the fetid culture of the extreme right”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     But eco-fascism is a longstanding political ideology that is currently undergoing a revival in the fetid culture of the contemporary extremist right. In general, unlike many on the political right, eco-fascists concede the reality of looming ecological catastrophe. But the “solutions” they propose are frankly genocidal.

   • 2020, Oscar Berglund, Daniel Schmidt, Extinction Rebellion and Climate Change Activism, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 3:

     As climate change politics develop, ecofascism and neo-Malthusian thought are also gathering strength.

   • 2021 May 7, Luke Buckmaster, “The Mad Max films depict a world increasingly degraded. Furiosa will be far from comforting”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     But we are beginning to get a picture of what new kinds of eco-fascism and eco-authoritarianism might look like, including its genocidal implications.

2. (derogatory) Aggressive environmental activism.

Related terms

• ecofascist
• ecofascistic

Translations

ecofascism

• Dutch: ecofascisme n
• Esperanto: ekofaŝismo, ekologia faŝismo
• Finnish: ekofasismi (fi)
• French: écofascisme (fr) m, écototalitarisme m
• German: Ökofaschismus m
• Italian: ecofascismo m
• Portuguese: ecofascismo m
• Swedish: ekofascism c

Further reading

• ecofascism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia