antispeciesism

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noun

An ethical stance which opposes the unjustified consideration or treatment of sentient individuals who are not classified as belonging to a certain species.

Opposite
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Meanings

nounantispeciesism (uncountable)

alternative anti-speciesism

  1. uncountableethicsAn ethical stance which opposes the unjustified consideration or treatment of sentient individuals who are not classified as belonging to a certain species.
    1 more example

    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, →OCLC

    Antonyms: 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.

Opposite

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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APA

antispeciesism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antispeciesism

MLA

“antispeciesism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antispeciesism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antispeciesism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antispeciesism.

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