animal liberation
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.86 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A social movement dedicated to the advancement of the interests and rights of non-human animals, consisting of theorists and activists.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In Animal Liberation, Peter Singer argues that supporters of liberation for blacks and women should support animal liberation as well and that the basic principle of equality used against racism and sexism should be extended to animals to eliminate speciesism."
- "The Band of Mercy is one of a number of "animal liberation" groups that are active throughout the country. The groups have taken responsibility for a number of incidents, including stealing chickens from farms in Delaware and Maryland."
- "Then, in the 1970s, animal-liberation activists followed in the footsteps of the civil-rights movement, the women's liberation movement and the gay-rights movement, and argued that "species-ism" was wrong and had to be defeated."