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ECOMESSAGE [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
DEF

An oral or written communication containing important principles or counsels regarding ecology or the environment.

CONT

Bombarded with ecomessages in school, the press, on TV and in pop-music lyrics, the children have become convinced that they were put on the planet for the express purpose of saving it.

OBS

This neologism has been formed by derivation. The combining form "eco-," which represents "ecology," "environment," "nature," or "natural habitat," has been added to the word "message".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Néologie et emprunts
OBS

Conseil ou message à propos de l'environnement.

OBS

écomessage : terme utilisé par OIPC-Interpol.

Spanish

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