tragedy of the commons (English, noun)
expansion: tragedy of the commons (plural tragedies of the commons)
Senses:
topics: biology
ecology
economics
government
natural-sciences
politics
sciences
qualifier: social criticism
glosses: A situation in which unmanaged use of a shared resource (such as the atmosphere or an ocean) by a number of participants results in the unintended ruin or total consumption of that resource.
Forms:
form: tragedies of the commons
tags: plural