vegetarianism

vegetarianism

See also: Vegetarianism

English

Etymology

Attested since circa 1847, when the British Vegetarian Society was founded. From vegetarian +‎ -ism.[1]

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /vɛd͡ʒɪˈtɛɹi.ənɪzəm/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vɛd͡ʒɪˈtɛəɹi.ənɪzəm/

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Noun

vegetarianism (usually uncountable, plural vegetarianisms)

1. The practice of following a vegetarian diet.
   • 1975 March 21, Judy Klemesrud, quoting Jean Mayer, “Vegetarianism: Growing Way of Life, Especially Among the Young”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:

     Vegetarianism, he said, is an idea “that has three things going for it all at once—economics, health and compassion.”

   Antonym: carnism

Translations

practice of following a vegetarian diet

Arabic: نَباتِيَّة‎ f (nabātiyya) Armenian: բուսակերություն (hy) (busakerutʿyun) Azerbaijani: vegetarianlıq Belarusian: вегетарыя́нства n (vjehjetaryjánstva) Bulgarian: вегетариа́нство n (vegetariánstvo) Catalan: vegetarianisme m Chinese: Mandarin: 素食主義／素食主义 (zh) (sùshízhǔyì), 素食 (zh) (sùshí) (vegetable diet) Czech: vegetariánství n Danish: vegetarisme c Dutch: vegetarisme (nl) n Esperanto: vegetarismo (eo) Estonian: taimetoitlus, vegetarism Finnish: kasvissyönti (fi) French: végétarisme (fr) m Galician: vexetarianismo (gl) m Georgian: ვეგეტარიანელობა (vegeṭarianeloba) German: Vegetarismus (de) m Greek: χορτοφαγία (el) f (chortofagía) Hebrew: צִמְחוֹנוּת‎ (he) Hindi: शाकाहार (hi) (śākāhār) Hungarian: vegetarianizmus, növényevés Irish: feoilséanadh m Italian: vegetarismo m Japanese: 菜食主義 (ja) (さいしょくしゅぎ, saishokushugi), 菜食 (ja) (さいしょく, saishoku) (vegetable diet), ベジタリアニズム (bejetarianizumu) Kazakh: вегетарианшылық (vegetarianşylyq) Korean: 채식주의 (chaesikjuui), 채식 (chaesik) (vegetable diet) Macedonian: вегетарија́нство n (vegetarijánstvo) Norwegian: vegetarianisme Persian: گیاه‌خواری‎ (giyâh-xâri) Polish: wegetarianizm (pl) Portuguese: vegetarianismo (pt) m Romanian: vegetarianism (ro) n Russian: вегетариа́нство (ru) n (vegetariánstvo) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: вегетаријанизам m, вегетаријанство n Roman: vegetarijanizam (sh) m, vegetarijanstvo (sh) n Slovak: vegetariánstvo n Slovene: vegetarijanstvo n Spanish: vegetarianismo (es) m Swahili: ulaji mboga Swedish: vegetarianism (sv) c Tagalog: panggugulayin, behetaryanismo, pag-aawoy Tajik: гиёҳхӯрӣ (giyohxürī) Thai: ลัทธิมังสวิรัติ (lát-tí mang-sà-wí-rát), มังสวิรัติ (th) (mangsàwírát) Turkish: vejeteryenlik (tr) Ukrainian: вегетаріа́нство (uk) n (vehetariánstvo) Uzbek: vegetarianlik (uz) Vietnamese: thuyết ăn chay, chế độ ăn chay Volapük: härbatim Yiddish: וועגעטאַריאַניסם‎ m (vegetaryanism)

See also

• carnivorism
• veganism

References

1. “vegetarianism”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

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Romanian

Etymology

vegetarian +‎ -ism

Noun

vegetarianism n (uncountable)

1. vegetarianism

Declension

declension of vegetarianism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) vegetarianism	vegetarianismul
genitive/dative	(unui) vegetarianism	vegetarianismului
vocative	vegetarianismule

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Swedish

Etymology

vegetarian +‎ -ism

Noun

vegetarianism c

1. vegetarianism

Declension

Declension of vegetarianism
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vegetarianism	vegetarianismen	—	—
Genitive	vegetarianisms	vegetarianismens	—	—

Related terms

• vegetarian