speciesism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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.

/ˈspiːʃiːˌzɪzəm/ /ˈspiːsiːˌzɪzəm/

speciesism species-ism speciesm specism

Coined by British animal rights advocate Richard D. Ryder in 1970 from species + -ism.

anthropocentrism animal liberation

antispeciesism non-speciesist speciesist specist

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