vegetarianism
[vej-i-tair-ee-uh-niz-uh m]
- the beliefs or practices of a vegetarian.
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Origin of vegetarianism
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But this is your music becoming songs about vegetarianism, songs about sexual...
Continues her family's crusade on fashion, with a segment on McCartney's vegetarianism.
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And surveys show that the prevalence of vegetarianism among eating-disorder patients is higher than in the general population.
“In most of our patients, the vegetarianism is in the service of the eating disorder,” she said.
Hungry Beast caught up with Deborah to talk about Buddhism, vegetarianism, and what she eats when she eats alone.
Historical Examples
An allusion to the vegetarianism of the Pythagoreans and others.
The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of MadauraLucius Apuleius
There is to me an odd pathos in the literature of vegetarianism.
Expository WritingMervin James Curl
If vegetarianism opposes the overeating of an animal diet, it is right.
Woman and SocialismAugust Bebel
There is one point that vegetarianism has not satisfactorily answered as yet.
FletcherismHorace Fletcher
There are many standpoints, however, from which the subject of vegetarianism may be discussed.
Encyclopedia of DietEugene Christian
vegetarianism
- the principle or practice of excluding all meat and fish, and sometimes, in the case of vegans, all animal products (such as eggs, cheese, etc) from one's diet
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Word Origin and History for vegetarianism
n.
1851, from vegetarian + -ism.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
vegetarianism
(vĕj′ĭ-târ′ē-ə-nĭz′əm)- The practice of subsisting on a diet composed primarily or wholly of vegetables, grains, fruits, nuts, and seeds, with or without eggs and dairy products.
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