flexitarian
a person whose diet is mostly vegetarian but sometimes includes meat, fish, or poultry.
of or relating to flexitarians or their diet: a flexitarian cookbook.
Origin of flexitarian
1Other words from flexitarian
- flex·i·tar·i·an·ism, noun
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Neutral terms like “semi-vegetarian,” “mostly vegetarian,” and “flexitarian” didn’t quite cut it because they were, in Kateman’s words, “static,” and did not propel further efforts to reduce meat, ideally to zero.
Cutting Back on Meat? What to Know About the Reducetarian Movement | Sheon Han | June 30, 2022 | TimeThe panel estimates that a flexitarian diet — reducing meat and dairy consumption by 75 percent — could cut emissions by 5 billion tons.
The guide is written to help anyone on the less-meat spectrum, from aspiring flexitarians to full-on vegans.
Whether you’re a vegetarian, vegan, pescatarian, flexitarian, so something completely different, you might think a lot about how the foods you eat alter the planet.
How to eat sustainably without sacrificing your favorite foods | Sara Kiley Watson | September 25, 2021 | Popular-ScienceToday, broader concerns about the environment and health are energizing millennials and Gen Z globally to embrace flexitarian lifestyles, where animal products are purged from diets at least some of the time.
How China Could Change the World by Taking Meat Off the Menu | Charlie Campbell/Shanghai | January 22, 2021 | Time
British Dictionary definitions for flexitarian
/ (ˌflɛksɪˈtɛərɪən) /
a person who eats a predominantly vegetarian diet, but who eats meat or fish occasionally
of or relating to a flexitarian: flexitarian fare
Origin of flexitarian
1Derived forms of flexitarian
- flexitarianism, noun
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