gaiaism

English

Alternative forms

• Gaiaism

Etymology

From Gaia +‎ -ism.

Noun

gaiaism (uncountable)

1. The belief and theory of Gaia model of interconnectedness of biosphere on Earth.
   • 1998 February 17, Krow, “population explosion- government, religion, individual?”, in alt.religion.wicca‎^[1] (Usenet):

     As an integral organism (a-la gaiaism), the planet will find a way to control the poplation of any species becoming too dominant.

   • 2000 April 29, Kate Zernike, “School Puts a New Spin On Earth Day After Suit”, in The New York TImes:

     Among their complaints was that discussions of the earth as creator were included in Earth Day celebrations, which the parents said constituted gaiaism, or the organized worship of the earth.

   • 2004 February 28, Steven Hart, “Who’s Sauron — bin Laden or Bush?”, in Salon:

     The alert evangelicals at the ChildCare Action Project cite “The Two Towers” for no fewer than 17 “offenses to God,” including “gaiaism” (walking, talking trees — oh dear), “mockery of the Transformation” (Gandalf’s second coming is a bit close to, well, the Second Coming) and “miraculous reverse aging” (presumably the spontaneous makeover Theoden undergoes once Saruman’s possession is thrown off).

Further reading

• Gaia hypothesis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gaia philosophy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia