Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The practice of following a vegetarian diet.

    Vegetarismus

    вегетариа́нствоvegetariánstvo

    вегетаріа́нствоvehetariánstvo

More definitions
  • a diet excluding all meat and fish

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Which is better: omnivorism, vegetarianism, or veganism?

  2. At around 10%, Germany has the highest rate of vegetarianism in Europe.

  3. Tom switched back from veganism to vegetarianism because he missed eggs and dairy products.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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practice of following a vegetarian diet:
Русский
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practice of following a vegetarian diet:
Deutsch
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practice of following a vegetarian diet:

Origin

Attested since circa 1847, when the British Vegetarian Society was founded. From vegetaria

Attested since circa 1847, when the British Vegetarian Society was founded. From vegetarian + -ism.

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Forms

plural: vegetarianisms
Singularvegetarianism

uncountable

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

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