Ecozoic
Meanings
adj
- Of or pertaining to the hypothesised Ecozoic era.
name
- A geologic era, beginning in the late twentieth century, in which humans would be guided by ecological concerns and would behave in a less exploitative way toward the environment.
Word forms
Etymology
Coined by clergyman and scholar Thomas Berry in the early 1980s, from eco- + -zoic; compare Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic.
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