meatlessness

English

Etymology

From meatless +‎ -ness.

Noun

meatlessness (uncountable)

1. Absence of, or abstention from, meat; vegetarianism.
   • 1919, Frank Hunter Potter, The Naval Reserve:

     When Hoover's conservating pen / Cut down our steak and sausage ration / With one accord we cried "AMEN," / And meatlessness became the fashion.

   • 1969, Robert Payne, The life and death of Mahatma Gandhi:

     But though Mohandas found himself arguing with his friend in defense of meatlessness, he never seriously contemplated breaking the vow.

Anagrams

• matelessness, tamelessness, teamlessness