Speciesm
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Speciesm is a noun meaning Alternative form of speciesism.
Meaning
Alternative form of speciesism.
Example Sentences
This has generated a reluctance to award ontological priority to any shared characteristics of human beings, and has triggered the radical criticism of speciesm and human exceptionalism […]
[…] but not all major currents of feminism could tolerate the inclusion of speciesm as a form of oppression in feminist considerations and thus declared the consideration of nonhuman animals within feminism essentialist.
Despite his analysis of animal traits within the human psyche and his emphasis on diversity of species, […] and his plea for animal protection, Canetti seems to have felt that he was not able to overcome speciesm, the least recognized form of intellectual prejudice of his time.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include species-ism, specism, anti-speciesism, antispecism, specieist, antispecist.
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