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ECO GUILT [1 record]

Record 1 2023-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
  • Climate Change
CONT

Eco-guilt is guilt that arises when people think about times they have not met personal or societal standards for environmental behavior.

Key term(s)
  • ecoguilt

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
  • Changements climatiques
CONT

[…] culpabilité qui survient lorsque les gens pensent à des moments où ils n'ont pas respecté les normes personnelles ou sociétales en matière de comportement environnemental.

Key term(s)
  • écoculpabilité

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos mentales
  • Cambio climático
OBS

eco-: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que el elemento compositivo "eco-", que significa entre otras cosas "ecología" y se emplea en términos como ecoparque", "ecotasa", "ecoterrorismo" o "ecocidio", se escribe unido a la palabra a la que se incorpora, sin guion ni espacio intermedios. [...] De acuerdo con las normas de la Ortografía de la lengua española, los prefijos y elementos compositivos se escriben unidos a la palabra a la que acompañan [...]

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