extractivist
English edit
Etymology edit
extractive + -ist
Adjective edit
extractivist (not comparable)
- Characterised by seeking to extract as much of a high-demand resource as possible from a forested area in as short a time as possible.
- 2021, C. Parker Krieg, Reetta Toivanen, editors, Situating Sustainability: A Handbook of Contexts and Concepts, Helsinki University Press, →ISBN, page 243:
- Discreet extractivisms happen on the local level, but the extractivist mindset has grave implications on the world-system level. The increasingly pervasive and aggressive extractivist paradigm is now a global phenomenon.
Noun edit
extractivist (plural extractivists)
- Such a person or organisation.