vegetarianism

See also: Vegetarianism

English

Etymology

Attested since circa 1847, when the British Vegetarian Society was founded. From vegetarian +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /vɛdʒɪˈtɛɹi.ənɪzəm/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vɛdʒɪˈtɛəɹi.ənɪzəm/

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Noun

vegetarianism (usually uncountable, plural vegetarianisms)

1. The practice of following a vegetarian diet.
   • 1975 March 21, Judy Klemesrud, quoting Jean Mayer, “Vegetarianism: Growing Way of Life, Especially Among the Young”, in The New York Times‎^[1], ISSN 0362-4331:

     Vegetarianism, he said, is an idea “that has three things going for it all at once—economics, health and compassion.”

   Antonym: carnism

Translations

practice of following a vegetarian diet

• Arabic: نَباتِيَّة‎ f (nabātiyya)
• Armenian: բուսակերություն (hy) (busakerutʿyun)
• Azerbaijani: vegetarianlıq
• Belarusian: вегетарыя́нства n (vjehjetaryjánstva)
• Bulgarian: вегетариа́нство n (vegetariánstvo)
• Catalan: vegetarianisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 素食主義 (zh), 素食主义 (zh) (sùshízhǔyì), 素食 (zh) (sùshí) (vegetable diet)

• Czech: vegetariánství n
• Danish: vegetarisme c
• Dutch: vegetarisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: vegetarismo (eo)
• Estonian: taimetoitlus, vegetarism
• Finnish: kasvissyönti (fi)
• French: végétarisme (fr) m
• Galician: vexetarianismo (gl) m
• Georgian: ვეგეტარიანელობა (vegeṭarianeloba)
• German: Vegetarismus (de) m
• Greek: χορτοφαγία (el) f (chortofagía)
• Hebrew: צִמְחוֹנוּת‎ (he)
• Hindi: शाकाहार (hi) (śākāhār)
• Hungarian: vegetarianizmus, növényevés
• Irish: feoilséanadh m
• Italian: vegetarismo m
• Japanese: 菜食主義 (ja) (さいしょくしゅぎ, saishokushugi), 菜食 (ja) (さいしょく, saishoku) (vegetable diet), ベジタリアニズム (bejetarianizumu)

• Kazakh: вегетарианшылық (vegetarïanşılıq)
• Korean: 채식주의 (chaesikjuui), 채식 (chaesik) (vegetable diet)
• Macedonian: вегетарија́нство n (vegetarijánstvo)
• Norwegian: vegetarianisme
• Persian: گیاه‌خواری‎ (giyâh-xâri)
• Polish: wegetarianizm (pl)
• Portuguese: vegetarianismo (pt) m
• Romanian: vegetarianism (ro) n
• Russian: вегетариа́нство (ru) n (vegetariánstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вегетаријанизам m, вегетаријанство n

  Roman: vegetarijanizam (sh) m, vegetarijanstvo (sh) n

• Slovak: vegetariánstvo n
• Slovene: vegetarijanstvo n
• Spanish: vegetarianismo (es) m
• Swedish: vegetarianism (sv) c
• Tagalog: panggugulayin, behetaryanismo, pag-aawoy
• Tajik: гиёҳхӯрӣ (giyohxürī)
• Thai: ลัทธิมังสวิรัติ (lát-tí mang-sà-wí-rát), มังสวิรัติ (th) (mangsàwírát)
• Turkish: vejeteryenlik (tr)
• Ukrainian: вегетаріа́нство (uk) n (vehetariánstvo)
• Uzbek: vegetarianlik (uz)
• Vietnamese: thuyết ăn chay, chế độ ăn chay
• Volapük: härbatim
• Yiddish: וועגעטאַריאַניסם‎ m (vegetaryanism)

See also

• carnivorism
• veganism

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Romanian

Etymology

vegetarian +‎ -ism

Noun

vegetarianism n (uncountable)

1. vegetarianism

Declension

declension of vegetarianism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) vegetarianism	vegetarianismul
genitive/dative	(unui) vegetarianism	vegetarianismului
vocative	vegetarianismule

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Swedish

Etymology

vegetarian +‎ -ism

Noun

vegetarianism c

1. vegetarianism

Declension

Declension of vegetarianism
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vegetarianism	vegetarianismen	—	—
Genitive	vegetarianisms	vegetarianismens	—	—

Related terms

• vegetarian