species-ism

A form of speciesism — An ethical stance that assigns different worth or rights to beings on the basis of their species membership, such as assigning greater rights to human beings than to other animals.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounspecies-ism (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of speciesism.
Cite this entry
APA

species-ism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/species-ism

MLA

“species-ism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/species-ism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “species-ism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/species-ism.

Source: species-ism on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.