environmental resistance

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noun

the limiting effect of environmental conditions on the numerical growth of a population.

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Origin of environmental resistance

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby environmental resistance

environmentalism, environmentalist, environmental medicine, Environmental Protection Agency, environmental psychology, environmental resistance, environmental science, environs, envisage, envision, envoy

How to use environmental resistance in a sentence

What they believe impacts economic policy, foreign policy, education policy, environmental policy, you name it.
The Evangelical Apocalypse Is All Your Fault|Jay Michaelson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But that makes the Ismael brothers no less proud of the resistance that they and other fellow fighters have put up.
The Brothers Who Ambushed ISIS|Mohammed A. Salih|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All other issues—racial, feminine, even environmental—need to fit around this central objective.
Time to Bring Back the Truman Democrats|Joel Kotkin|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the future, antibiotic resistance could have catastrophic consequences.
Without Education, Antibiotic Resistance Will Be Our Greatest Health Crisis|Russell Saunders|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The island faces an environmental challenge of huge proportions.
Goodbye, Bahamas. Hello, Havana!|Clive Irving|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There is cause for alarm when they bring one hundred and ten ships into these seas without any means of resistance on our part.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
A double detachment of soldiers was already there, with orders to support him in case of resistance.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
A mild degree means that the body is not reacting well, or else that the infection is too slight to call forth much resistance.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
This stubborn resistance lent all the more lustre to the piety of our benignant Rulers.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
His voice grated—like machinery started with violent effort against resistance.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood