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vegetarianism

ve·ge·ta·rianism

UK/vɛd͡ʒɪˈtɛəɹi.ənɪzəm/ US/vɛd͡ʒɪˈtɛɹi.ənɪzəm/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

a diet excluding all meat and fish

Origin

Attested since circa 1847, when the British Vegetarian Society was founded. From vegetarian + -ism.

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