tree hugger

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   derogatory term for environmentalists who support restrictions on the logging industry and the preservation of forests

   Broaderenvironmentalist

   disparagement

Questions about tree hugger

What does tree hugger mean?

tree hugger means "derogatory term for environmentalists who support restrictions on the logging industry and the preservation of forests".

Is tree hugger a common word?

tree hugger is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.