English Explanatory Dictionary

monkeywrenching

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The commission of usually illegal but nonviolent acts of sabotage motivated by environmentalism.

Word forms

monkeywrenching monkey-wrenching monkey wrenching

Etymology

From monkey wrench + -ing, popularized by environmental activist Edward Abbey in the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975).

Synonyms

ecodefence ecotage

Related words

monkey-wrencher
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