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(derogatory, slang) A person with overzealous views in support of animal welfare..
2013, Richard Stratton, Bulldog Edition, Stratton, Richard. (2013). Bulldog Edition. (Page 113.) Your Friend and Mine Press. Page 113, Your Friend and Mine Press. I was sort of proud when the word "humaniacs" that I have used in my books to refer to overzealous animal welfare people, was picked up and used in the press.
By her own description, Berger was "an incredible humaniac" who tended to "see animals as individuals."
She wasn't what you'd call a humaniac. She was eighty-something and generally comported herself in good taste, mostly she wrote lots of letters.
Scoundrel just wished that this raving humaniac would get out of his way.
By mixing advanced and beginner techniques, and by being contentious (if you don't like him) or too honest (if you do), Bill offered his “humaniac” adversaries a big, fat target.
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Humaniac means (derogatory, slang) A person with overzealous views in support of animal welfare..
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2013, Richard Stratton, Bulldog Edition, Stratton, Richard. (2013). Bulldog Edition. (Page 113.) Your Friend and Mine Press. Page 113, Your Friend and Mine Press. I was sort of proud when the word "humaniacs" that I have used in my books to refer to overzealous animal welfare people, was picked up and used in the press.
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