a person who uses violence in order to achieve environmentalist aims
Word origin
C20: from eco- + terrorist
ecoterrorist in American English
(ˌekouˈterərɪst, ˌikou-)
noun
one who commits ecotage; monkey-wrencher
Derived forms
ecoterrorism
noun
Word origin
[1980–85]This word is first recorded in the period 1980–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Santería, designer drug, off-price, scientific creationism, starch blocker