veganism
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A way of life which strictly avoids animal products and services involving the use of living animals.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Besides being a dietary choice, veganism is a challenging and powerful lifestyle"
- "The purpose of veganism is to create a more just and compassionate society"
- "A vegan lifestyle seeks to promote awareness, compassion, and peace. Veganism is an ethical system as well as a diet."
- "The absence of religious ceremonies, teachers or leaders, holidays and other conventions was further evidence that Friedman's veganism is "a moral and secular, rather than religious, philosophy," Turner said."
- "Veganism is a position according to which people ought to be vegans both now and in an ideal state."
- "My additional desire is that ecofeminists will embrace veganism as an important means for reducing that suffering"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *weg-o-der.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *woǵéyetider. Proto-Italic *wogeōder.? Latin vegeō Latin vegetus Latin vegetāre, vegetō Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin vegetābilisbor. Old French vegetablebor. Middle English vegetable English vegetable Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English -arian English vegetarian English vegan Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English veganism From vegan + -ism.