Tree hugger definition

Tree hugger

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WordNet

(1) Derogatory term for environmentalists who support restrictions on the logging industry and the preservation of forests

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tree hugger

(disapproving) An environmental campaigner, especially one who aims to restrict logging.
- 1960, Kalle Päätalo (translation by Richard A. Impola), Our Daily Bread, p. 259
  
  "Let's go now, tree-hugger," gasped one of them. "The show's over. Everybody beat it," ordered the other.