veganism

plural veganisms

1. uncountableusuallyA way of life which strictly avoids animal products and services involving the use of living animals.

   The purpose of veganism is to create a more just and compassionate society

   2000, Joanne Stepaniak with Virginia Messina, The vegan sourcebook, page 161

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   Besides being a dietary choice, veganism is a challenging and powerful lifestyle

   1989 Jan, Victoria Moran, “Veganism: the Ethics, the Philosophy, the Diet”, in Vegetarian Times, number 137, page 50

   A vegan lifestyle seeks to promote awareness, compassion, and peace. Veganism is an ethical system as well as a diet.

   2001, Kristine M. Krapp, The Gale encyclopedia of nursing & allied health, page 2549

   The absence of religious ceremonies, teachers or leaders, holidays and other conventions was further evidence that Friedman's veganism is "a moral and secular, rather than religious, philosophy," Turner said.

   2002 September 14, “Judge rules against vegan suit Practitioners may not claim religious ...”, in San Francisco Chronicle

   Veganism is a position according to which people ought to be vegans both now and in an ideal state.

   2007, Tzachi Zamir, Ethics and the beast: a speciesist argument for animal liberation, page 106

   My additional desire is that ecofeminists will embrace veganism as an important means for reducing that suffering

   2007, Marti Kheel with Rosemary Radford Ruether, Nature ethics: an ecofeminist perspective, page 233

2. uncountableusuallyStrict vegetarianism; the practice of eating neither meat nor other animal products, such as fish, milk and milk products, eggs, and honey.