ecocatastrophe
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ecocatastrophe
First recorded in 1965–70; eco- + catastrophe
Example Sentences
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Other elegiac poets, other poets of ecocatastrophe, revel in sensory detail, or else pursue scrambled language for chaotic times.
From New York Times
In “Dirty Water,” he declares affection in ecocatastrophe terms — “I’m a natural disaster/You’re the morning after all my storms” — as the music evolves from gentle neo-psychedelic pop to full rock blare behind an environmental warning: “Bleed dirty water/breathe dirty sky.”
From New York Times
VanderMeer, author of the acclaimed Southern Reach Trilogy, returns with a novel set in the throes of a drawn-out ecocatastrophe.
From Seattle Times
Ecocatastrophe, wide income disparity, homelessness, inequality — all these were part of the landscape of Guthrie’s America, and today’s.
From Seattle Times
Only this year was the scope of the resulting ecocatastrophe revealed to the world.
From Time Magazine Archive
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