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carnist

carnist noun: a proponent of carnism; one who supports the practice of eating meat and using other animal products.

Noun

carnist (plural carnists)

  1. A proponent of carnism; one who supports the practice of eating meat and using other animal products.
    • All we got was carnists going, “But how would you live without bacon?”2015 November 14, Catherine Bennett, “Modern tribes: the smug vegan”, in The Guardian

Forms of carnist

pluralcarnists

Questions about carnist

What does carnist mean?
Carnist means a proponent of carnism; one who supports the practice of eating meat and using other animal products.
What part of speech is carnist?
Carnist is a noun.
What is the plural of carnist?
The plural of carnist is carnists.

Words near carnist in the dictionary

  1. Carniolan
  2. Carniolan honeybee
  3. Carniolan honeybees
  4. Carniolans
  5. carnism
  6. carnist
  7. carnistic
  8. carnists
  9. carnita
  10. carnitarian
  11. carnitarians

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