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violationism

violationism noun: painful and invasive experimentation on animals.

Noun

violationism (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, derogatory) Painful and invasive experimentation on animals.
    • Note here, before the war begins, how great the motives of violationism are to elude this jurisdiction, and therefore to deny the spiritual sense of the Holy Word.1876, James John Garth Wilkinson, On Human Science: Good and Evil, and on Divine Revelation, page 521

Origin of violationism

From violation + -ism.

Questions about violationism

What does violationism mean?
Violationism means painful and invasive experimentation on animals.
What part of speech is violationism?
Violationism is a noun.

Words near violationism in the dictionary

  1. violatest
  2. violateth
  3. violating
  4. violation
  5. violational
  6. violationism
  7. violationist
  8. violationists
  9. violations
  10. violative
  11. violatively

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