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speciesist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables
speciesist
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A proponent of speciesism.

adj

Of or relating to speciesism.

Etymology

From species + -ist, first use appears c. 1975 in the publications of Richard D. Ryder.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

speciesists (plural) more speciesist (comparative) most speciesist (superlative)

Derived Forms

antispeciesist

Antonyms

non-speciesist

Questions

What does speciesist mean?
A proponent of speciesism.
Where does speciesist come from?
From species + -ist, first use appears c. 1975 in the publications of Richard D. Ryder.

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