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species-ism

species-ism is the alternative form 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 species-ism

What is species-ism the alternative form of?
Species-ism is the alternative form of speciesism.

Words near species-ism in the dictionary

  1. species name
  2. species names
  3. species problem
  4. species problems
  5. species swarm
  6. species-ism
  7. species-monger
  8. species-mongers
  9. species-rich
  10. speciescide
  11. specieses

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