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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries生態系破壊
Pronunciation / Transliteration: seitaikei hakai
"無秩序な開発は取り返しのつかない生態系破壊につながる。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The extensive damage, destruction, or loss of ecosystems of a given territory, whether by human agency or other causes, to such an extent that peaceful enjoyment by the inhabitants has been severely diminished.
"Activists are campaigning to make ecocide an international crime prosecutable at the Hague." - 2
Development or industrial activity that causes severe and irreversible harm to the natural environment.
"Unchecked deforestation and industrial pollution are forms of ecocide threatening global biodiversity."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term is a blend of the Greek 'oikos' (meaning house or environment) and the Latin suffix '-cide' (meaning killer or act of killing, from 'caedere'). Coined in the late 20th century during environmental movements, it entered public and legal discourse to describe extensive damage, destruction, or loss of ecosystems.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Ecocide" is said worldwide
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écocide
Transliteration: /e.ko.sid/
"La destruction de la forêt amazonienne est souvent qualifiée d'écocide."
Ökozid
Transliteration: /øːkoˈt͡siːt/
"Immer mehr Juristen fordern die Bestrafung von Ökozid als internationales Verbrechen."
ecocidio
Transliteration: /e.koˈt͡ʃiː.djo/
"L'inquinamento industriale massiccio può essere considerato un vero e proprio ecocidio."
ecocidio
Transliteration: /e.koˈsi.ðjo/
"El ecocidio destruye los hábitats naturales de miles de especies."
ecocídio
Transliteration: /e.kuˈsi.dju/
"O desmatamento ilegal na Amazônia é um crime de ecocídio."
पारिस्थितिक हत्या
Transliteration: paristhitik hatya
"बड़े पैमाने पर वनों की कटाई एक प्रकार की पारिस्थितिक हत्या है।"
生态灭绝
Transliteration: shēngtài mièjué
"严重的污染和破坏构成了生态灭绝。"
생태파괴죄
Transliteration: saengtaepagwoejoe
"환경 파괴가 심각해지면서 생태파괴죄 도입 주장이 커지고 있다."
生態系破壊
Transliteration: seitaikei hakai
"無秩序な開発は取り返しのつかない生態系破壊につながる。"
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