English edit

Etymology edit

eco- +‎ critic

Noun edit

ecocritic (plural ecocritics)

  1. One who is involved in the field of ecocriticism.
    • 2000, Betty Harris Day, William A Wortman, Literature in English: a guide for librarians in the digital age:
      In fact, any written work or artifact that in any way shows humankind's relationship to the natural world is likely to catch the attention of the ecocritic.
    • 2003, Andrew McMurry, Environmental renaissance: Emerson, Thoreau, and the systems of nature:
      So ecocritics continue to seek the solution to the solution by reference to nature. They steer with nature as their compass.
    • 2004, Greg Garrard, Ecocriticism:
      However, the emphasis on the moral and political orientation of the ecocritic and the broad specification of the field of study are essential.