Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vegetarianism

/vɛd͡ʒɪˈtɛɹi.ənɪzəm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables: veg-e-tar-i-an-ism
IPA: /vɛd͡ʒɪˈtɛɹi.ənɪzəm/

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

7

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The practice of following a vegetarian diet.

Uncountable

noun

Obsolete spelling of vegetarianism.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Vegetarianism, he said, is an idea “that has three things going for it all at once—economics, health and compassion.”"
"What sets her apart from our current ascetics with their practice of transcendental meditation, diet, vegetarianism, ashram simplicities, yoga is that with them the deprivations and rigors‐are undergone for the pay‐off—for tranquility, for thinness, for the hope of a long, life—or frequently, it seems, to fill the hole of emptiness so painful to the narcissist."
"Right now, my family’s special collision of vegetarianism and Judaism necessitates a good bit of chocolate. But when Passover ends, that doesn’t mean we should put the chocolate cake, or the chocolate milk, away."
"“I must preface this essay by the confession that I am myself a Vegetarian, and that I mean to say all the good I can of the principles of Vegetarianism.”"

Etymology

Attested since circa 1847, when the British Vegetarian Society was founded. From vegetarian + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: vegetarian

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /vɛd͡ʒɪˈtɛɹi.ənɪzəm/
British English: /vɛd͡ʒɪˈtɛəɹi.ənɪzəm/

Usage

Inflected Forms

vegetarianisms (plural)

Derived Forms

semivegetarianism

Frequently Paired Words

carnivorism veganism

Synonyms

Pythagoreanism

Antonyms

carnism nonvegetarianism

Questions

How do you pronounce vegetarianism?: The recorded pronunciation is /vɛd͡ʒɪˈtɛɹi.ənɪzəm/.
What does vegetarianism mean?: The practice of following a vegetarian diet.
Where does vegetarianism come from?: Attested since circa 1847, when the British Vegetarian Society was founded. From vegetarian + -ism.

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