Antispeciesism

Quick meaning: Antispeciesism is a noun meaning (philosophy, ethics) An ethical stance which opposes the unjustified consideration or treatment of sentient individuals who are not classified as belonging to a certain species.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

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.

Word Forms

• anti-speciesism

Antonyms for antispeciesism

Common opposites include speciesism.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include anti-speciesism, antispecism, antispeciesist, non-speciesist, speciesist, specieist.

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