Both Uses
environment
in
The Outsiders
(Edited)
- O victim of environment, underprivileged, rotten, no-count hood!
p. 136.6environment = surrounding conditions
- I hoped they hated us, that they weren't full of that pity-the-victims-of-environment junk the social workers kept handing Curly Shepard every time he got sent off to reform school.
p. 162.7 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(environment as in: the environmental movement) the natural world (life, air, water, land...) -- often used in reference to the impact of human technology
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(2)
(environment as in: her family environment) surrounding conditionsin various senses, including:
- conditions in a location or geographic area -- as in "the desert environment"
- conditions that affect a particular activity -- as in "the learning environment"
- conditions that create a certain mood -- as in "a competitive environment," or "a romantic environment,"
- conditions that impact a particular computer system, subsystem, or program -- as in "the Windows environment"
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)