ecomania

English

Etymology

eco- +‎ -mania

Noun

ecomania (uncountable)

1. Enthusiasm for ecological issues.
   • 1973, Cy A. Adler, Ecological fantasies, page 296:

     During 1970 and 1971 the ecomania induced by the press and TV inspired many well-meaning citizens to engage in recycling expeditions through garbage for aluminum cans, paper, glass bottles, and so forth.

   • 1998, John P. Newport, The New Age Movement and the Biblical Worldview:

     Ecomania becomes a vehicle for propagating feminist ideology to a wider audience than would otherwise be receptive to it.