English
resourceism
From resource + -ism.
Formed from resource + -ism
Latin surgō ‘to rise’
Latin resurgō ‘to rise again’
Old French resourdre
Old French resourse ‘a source, spring’
Middle French ressource
English resource
Today it means
noun A human tendency to regard the natural environment as a set of resources to be exploited.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “resourceism”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / resourceism