vegetarianism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /vɛd͡ʒɪˈtɛəɹi.ənɪzəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /vɛd͡ʒɪˈtɛɹi.ənɪzəm/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Attested since circa 1847, when the British Vegetarian Society was founded. From vegetarian + -ism.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The practice of following a vegetarian diet.
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.
1977 January 23, Elizabeth Hardwick, “A woman of transcendent intellect who assumed the sufferings of humanity”, in The New York Times, →ISSN: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.
2014 April 19, Mark Oppenheimer, “Let Them Drink Chocolate”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022, retrieved 16 Jul 2014:Vegetarianism, he said, is an idea “that has three things going for it all at once—economics, health and compassion.”
1975 March 21, Judy Klemesrud, quoting Jean Mayer, “Vegetarianism: Growing Way of Life, Especially Among the Young”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2025:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| vegetarianisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (62)
sh vegetarijanstvo (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · et vegetarism (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · az vegetarianlıq (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · tl behetaryanismo (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · vo härbatim (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · fr végétarisme (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · sl vegetarijanstvo (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · ca vegetarianisme (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · th มังสวิรัติ (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · ru вегетариа́нство (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · sh вегетаријанство (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · sv vegetarianism (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · cmn 素食主義 /素食主义 (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · ta சைவம் (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · ja ベジタリアニズム (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · de Vegetarismus (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · vi thuyết ăn chay (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · pl wegetarianizm (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · be вегетарыя́нства (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · th ลัทธิมังสวิรัติ (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · fa گیاهخواری (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · bg вегетариа́нство (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · sh vegetarijanizam (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · yi וועגעטאַריאַניסם (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · cs vegetariánství (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · ja 菜食 (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · uz vegetarianlik (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · ga feoilséanadh (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · eo vegetarismo (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · ar نَباتِيَّة (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · ro vegetarianism (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · sk vegetariánstvo (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · ko 채식주의 (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · it vegetarismo (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · gl vexetarianismo (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · ka ვეგეტარიანელობა (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · fi kasvissyönti (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · sh вегетаријанизам (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · ko 채식 (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · kk вегетарианшылық (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · mk вегетарија́нство (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · tg гиёҳхӯрӣ (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · tr vejeteryenlik (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · da vegetarisme (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · es vegetarianismo (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · he צִמְחוֹנוּת (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · ja 菜食主義 (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · el χορτοφαγία (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · tl panggugulayin (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · sw ulaji mboga (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · hy բուսակերություն (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · pt vegetarianismo (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · nl vegetarisme (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · hu növényevés (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · tl pag-aawoy (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · vi chế độ ăn chay (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · uk вегетаріа́нство (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · no vegetarianisme (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · et taimetoitlus (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · hu vegetarianizmus (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · cmn 素食 (practice of following a vegetarian diet) · hi शाकाहार (practice of following a vegetarian diet)