"carnism" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From the Latin root carnis (“flesh, meat”), + -ism. Coined by American sociologist Melanie Joy as an antonym of vegetarianism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||ism}} + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} carnism (uncountable)
  1. The human ideology that supports the slaughter of certain animals and the consumption of their meat or other products (leather from skin, etc). Tags: uncountable
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  2. The practice of eating animal meat or using animal products (leather, etc). Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-carnism-en-noun-qw~1ZL07 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 40 60

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