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specieism

specieism is the rare spelling of speciesism.

Meaning of speciesism

Noun

speciesism (uncountable)

  1. An ethical stance that assigns different worth or rights to beings on the basis of their species membership, such as assigning greater rights to human beings than to other animals.
    • Such is the breathtaking speciesism of our Christian-inspired attitudes, the abortion of a single human zygote (most of them are destined to be spontaneously aborted anyway) can arouse more moral solicitude and righteous indignation than the vivisection of any number of intelligent adult chimpanzees1996 [1986], Richard Dawkins, The Blind Watchmaker, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., →ISBN

Questions about specieism

What is specieism the rare spelling of?
Specieism is the rare spelling of speciesism.

Words near specieism in the dictionary

  1. specie points
  2. speciecide
  3. speciedaler
  4. speciedalers
  5. speciegraphical
  6. specieism
  7. specieist
  8. specieists
  9. species
  10. species aggregate
  11. species barrier

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