extractivism
Equivalents
Examples
“Extractivism, a term born of anti-colonial struggle⟳ and thought in the Americas, is a mode of accumulation based on hyper-extraction with lopsided benefits and costs: concentrated mass-scale removal of resources primarily for export, with benefits largely accumulating far from the sites of extraction.”
“Industrial extractivism (a definition that Vidal would extend⟳ to include⟳ modern intensive agriculture) has contributed to the recent freefall in bird, mammal and amphibian numbers.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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