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vegaphobia

vegaphobia noun: an aversion to, or dislike of, vegetarians and vegans.

Noun

vegaphobia (uncountable)

  1. An aversion to, or dislike of, vegetarians and vegans.
    • Discourses relating to veganism are therefore presented as contravening commonsense, because they fall outside readily understood meat-eating discourses. Newspapers tend to discredit veganism through ridicule, or as being difficult or impossible to maintain in practice. Vegans are variously...2011 March, Matthew Cole, Karen Morgan, “Vegaphobia: derogatory discourses of veganism and the reproduction of speciesism in UK national newspapers”, in The British Journal of Sociology
    • The term vegaphobia has been used to describe a disparagement, dislike, or even a hatred of individuals who have chosen to follow a vegetarian or vegan diet. In that regard, as Chapter 1 showed, vegaphobia has been around for centuries. There have always been individuals (and sometimes groups) who...2019, David E. Newton, Vegetarianism and Veganism: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues), ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, pages 118–120

Examples of vegaphobia in a sentence

  • The overall effect is of a derogatory portrayal of vegans and veganism that we interpret as ‘vegaphobia’.2011 March, Matthew Cole, Karen Morgan, “Vegaphobia: derogatory discourses of veganism and the reproduction of speciesism in UK national...
  • The term vegaphobia has been used to describe a disparagement, dislike, or even a hatred of individuals who have chosen to follow a vegetarian or vegan diet.2019, David E. Newton, Vegetarianism and Veganism: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues), ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, pages 118–120:
  • Tofu and the Vegaphobia in Video Games […] Additionally, vegaphobic behaviors are present in some titles as the subject of derogatory humor.2022, Agata Waszkiewicz, Delicious Pixels: Food in Video Games, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN:

Origin of vegaphobia

From vega- + -phobia.

Questions about vegaphobia

What does vegaphobia mean?
Vegaphobia means an aversion to, or dislike of, vegetarians and vegans.
How do you use vegaphobia in a sentence?
The overall effect is of a derogatory portrayal of vegans and veganism that we interpret as ‘vegaphobia’.
What part of speech is vegaphobia?
Vegaphobia is a noun.

Words near vegaphobia in the dictionary

  1. vegans
  2. vegansexual
  3. vegansexuality
  4. vegansexuals
  5. Veganuary
  6. vegaphobia
  7. vegaphobic
  8. vegaquarian
  9. vegaquarians
  10. vegaroni
  11. vegas

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