ecology
noun
the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
ecologies
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pluralof ecology.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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While Mr Bhatia doesn’t think that urbanisation is evil, he points out that it can lead to the rather unscientific abandonment of traditions that were designed to serve systems and ecologies.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2024
In a deadpan appeal to patriotism, grim scenes of spoiled ecologies frame a bald eagle.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
So I think in saying, “If only we could ask what it needs,” I have to be asking, “How can we pay attention to these ecologies that in many ways we still barely understand?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2023
In popular culture, Jason Momoa's Aquaman and Tenoch Huerta's Namor remind us that the oceans are Black, Brown and Indigenous ecologies, and that oceans are salient geographies in the fight for racial and ecological justice.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2023
Memetics is a popular topic for speculation among hackers, who like to see themselves as the architects of the new information ecologies in which memes live and replicate.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
