specism

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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.

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Meanings

nounspecism (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of speciesism.
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