Meanings
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Voluntary Human Extinction Movement.
VHEMT spokesperson Les U. Knight states, “Adopting existing children avoids adding another wildlife habitat usurper to the excessive billions of us […]
2010, Dina McQueen, Finding Aster: Our Ethiopian Adoption Story, page 2061 more example
The idea that humans are essentially cancerous is perhaps not a metaphor calculated to have broad appeal beyond (tiny) VHEMT, the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (whose slogan is “May we live long and die out.”).
2013, John S. Dryzek, The Politics of the Earth: Environmental Discourses, page 42
Origin
Pronounced “vehement” because, according to its founder, Les U. Knight, that is what they are.
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VHEMT. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/VHEMT
“VHEMT.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/VHEMT. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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