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vegetarianism|vɛdʒɪˈtɛərɪənɪz(ə)m|
[f. prec.]
The doctrine or practice of vegetarians; abstention from eating meat, fish, or other animal products.
1851Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. (ed. 8) 896/2 Vegetarianism,..a modern term, employed to designate the view that man..ought to subsist on the direct productions of the vegetable kingdom and totally abstain from flesh and blood. 1852Punch 7 Aug. 68/1 Vegetarianism is evidently progressing. 1861Q. Rev. Oct. 324 All this was partly owing, no doubt, to mere physical illness; not improbably to vegetarianism. 1879Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (ed. 6) I. xi. 339 Is it contrary to the rules of Vegetarianism to eat eggs? 1885Salmon Introd. N.T. 241 Among ourselves..vegetarianism is regarded as a harmless eccentricity. |