English
extinctionism
From extinction + -ism.
Formed from extinction + -ism
Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- ‘to push’
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Proto-Italic *stengʷō ‘to push’
Latin stinguō ‘to put out, extinguish’
Latin extinguō ‘to quench, put out, extinguish’
Latin extinctio ‘extinction, annihilation’
English extinction
Today it means
noun The belief that only the extinction of humanity will lead to the recovery of the Earth's environment.
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Etymograph / extinctionism