Environment
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+ | [[Image:Ernst Haeckel's Artforms of Nature of 1904.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Artforms of Nature]]'' ([[1904]]) by [[Ernst Haeckel]]<br> | ||
+ | The 49th plate from Ernst Haeckel's ''Kunstformen der Natur'' of 1904, showing various [[sea anemone]]s classified as Actiniae.]] | ||
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'''Environment''' refers to a complex of surrounding circumstances, conditions, or influences in which a thing is situated or is developed. | '''Environment''' refers to a complex of surrounding circumstances, conditions, or influences in which a thing is situated or is developed. | ||
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*[[Environmentalism]], a concern with the preservation of the natural environment. | *[[Environmentalism]], a concern with the preservation of the natural environment. | ||
*[[Social environment]], the culture that an individual lives in, and the people and institutions with whom they interact. | *[[Social environment]], the culture that an individual lives in, and the people and institutions with whom they interact. | ||
+ | ==Etymology== | ||
+ | From Middle English, from Old French enviruner, environner (“to surround”), from environ (“around”), from en (“in”) + viron (“a turn”), from virer (“to turn, veer”). | ||
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Environment refers to a complex of surrounding circumstances, conditions, or influences in which a thing is situated or is developed. Environment is the external forces affecting living things, while nature is the inner force.
It may also refer to:
- Natural environment, all living and non-living things that occur naturally on Earth.
- Built environment, manmade surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging from the large-scale civic surroundings to the personal places.
- Environmentalism, a concern with the preservation of the natural environment.
- Social environment, the culture that an individual lives in, and the people and institutions with whom they interact.
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French enviruner, environner (“to surround”), from environ (“around”), from en (“in”) + viron (“a turn”), from virer (“to turn, veer”).
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