Vegaphobia

Quick meaning: Vegaphobia is a noun meaning An aversion to, or dislike of, vegetarians and vegans.

Meaning

An aversion to, or dislike of, vegetarians and vegans.

Example Sentences

Tofu and the Vegaphobia in Video Games […] Additionally, vegaphobic behaviors are present in some titles as the subject of derogatory humor.

Discourses relating to veganism are therefore presented as contravening commonsense, because they fall outside readily understood meat-eating discourses. Newspapers tend to discredit veganism through ridicule, or as being difficult or impossible to maintain in practice. Vegans are variously stereotyped as ascetics, faddists, sentimentalists, or in some cases, hostile extremists. The overall effect is of a derogatory portrayal of vegans and veganism that we interpret as ‘vegaphobia’.

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