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vegangelical

vegangelical adjective: inclined to preach about the benefits of a vegan diet.

Adjective

vegangelical (comparative more vegangelical, superlative most vegangelical)

  1. (informal) Inclined to preach about the benefits of a vegan diet.
    • Many vegan activists recommend that we be vegangelical with our loved ones and friends, taking every opportunity to point out why their flesh food is hurting their health[…]2009, Alexandra Jamieson, Living Vegan for Dummies, page 100
    • And while it still holds true that you shouldn't be the vegangelical asshole to your friends, sometimes you can go a little further in explaining the whys of your veganism to your friends than you can with your family.2010, Bob Torres, Jenna Torres, Vegan Freak: Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World, page 135

Noun

vegangelical (plural vegangelicals)

  1. (informal) A person inclined to preach about the benefits of a vegan diet.

Forms of vegangelical

Adjective
comparativemore vegangelical
superlativemost vegangelical
Noun
pluralvegangelicals

Origin of vegangelical

Blend of vegan + evangelical.

Questions about vegangelical

What does vegangelical mean?
Vegangelical means inclined to preach about the benefits of a vegan diet.
What part of speech is vegangelical?
Vegangelical can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near vegangelical in the dictionary

  1. vegan burgers
  2. vegana
  3. veganaise
  4. veganaises
  5. veganarchism
  6. vegangelical
  7. vegangelicals
  8. veganhood
  9. veganic
  10. veganically
  11. veganified

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