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单词 animal rights
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animal rightsn.

Brit. /ˌanᵻml ˈrʌɪts/, U.S. /ˌænəm(ə)l ˈraɪts/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: animal n., right n.
Etymology: < animal n. + the plural of right n., after human rights n. at human adj. and n. Compounds 1b.
The rights of animals to live free from human exploitation and abuse.From the 1970s the term preferred by campaigners for these rights.
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1875 Fancier's Gaz. 5 Mar. 885/2 We devote a column this week to a topic that will make many smile,..to make a little clearer what seems to us the truth regarding Animal Rights. But have animals rights?
1885 Times 22 Jan. 6 It remains for the nation to decide whether we..prohibit vivisection as the most complete violation of animal rights.
1928 D. Harwood Love for Animals iii. 166 Like other champions of animal rights, he took and rejected what he pleased.
1972 Rep. Society for Animal Rights Sept. 1/2 The Society for Animal Rights, formerly the National Catholic Society for Animal Welfare, has embarked on this program. We intend to bring about recognition of the rights of animals.
2001 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Mar. 273/3 Cicciolina used her..popularity to push a fairly serious liberal agenda that included animal rights, women's equality,..and peace in the Middle East.

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General attributive, as animal rights activist, animal rights movement, etc.
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1975 N.Y. Times 15 Feb. 45/7 The animal rights group..was told that approximately two million birds were sprayed in Robertson County last night.
1986 Washington Post 29 Apr. b7/4 Animal rights activists set up camp on the grounds of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda yesterday.
1994 Nature 5 May 10/2 Medical researchers are mischaracterized as counter-extremists to the animal rights movement.
2007 Observer 4 Nov. (Mag.) 89/1 Animal rights campaigners say it is barbaric, wool producers call it a ‘necessary evil’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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