Meanings
alternative anti-speciesism
- uncountableethicsAn ethical stance which opposes the unjustified consideration or treatment of sentient individuals who are not classified as belonging to a certain species.
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But there may be strong pressure to go the other way — to surrender, in the name of autonomy and equity and anti-speciesism, to a future where humans and bots are treated interchangeably, where simulated relationships are assumed to be equal to real ones if enough people prefer them, and where the post-human ambitions of some technologists are taken up by the would-be spokesmen for the masses.
2026 February 10, Ross Douthat, “The Left Needs a Sharper A.I. Politics”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLCAntonyms: speciesism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn ethical stance which opposes the unjustified consideration or treatment of sentient individuals who are not classified as belonging to a certain species.
Origin
Translations
Catalan antiespecisme
- antiespecismemovement
Dutch antispeciësisme
- antispeciësismemovement
French antispécisme
- antispécismemovement
German Antispeziesismus
- Antispeziesismusmovement
Greek αντισπισισμός
- αντισπισισμός (antispisismós)movement
Japanese 反種主義
- 反種主義movement
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antispeciesism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antispeciesism
“antispeciesism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antispeciesism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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