ecotopia
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1975, Ecotopia appeared in the English history as a name for a fictional country considered ideal for ecologists, that was created by American novelist Ernest Callenbach for his novel Ecotopia (subtitle: The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston.) Ecotopia is a portmanteau word that packages 2 words Ecologist & Utopia. Callenbach’s Ecotopia is on the Pacific north-west coast consisting of Northern California, Oregon, and Washington, independent from the United States in the near future in his novel.
Later, in generalized use, an ecotopia is an “ideal place or social system for ecologists.” This place name is sometimes used to apply the real north-west coast of the United States.
ecotopian
In the late 20th century, Ecotopian also appeared in the English vocabulary: “citizen in Ecotopia of Callenbach or any ecotopia; environmental idealist.”
In adjective use: “of ecotopia; imagined by an ecotopian.”
外来語
エコトピア
エコトピア
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エコトピアは一九七五年、
米国の作家アーネスト・カレンバックの
小説のタイトルとして出現した。
エコロジストとユートピアの
二語から成るこのかばん語は
「エコロジストのユートピア」
を示している。
造語された当初は
作中の架空の国名であったが、
やがて一般化して、
「環境保護家の理想郷」
を指すようになった。
エコトピアはしばしば
実際の米西海岸地帯を
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