"PETA-phile" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Blend of PETA + pedophile, equivalent to PETA + -phile.",
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          "ref": "1993 November 27, Inguinal j Splenetic, “I need some clothes in San Francisco”, in alt.fashion (Usenet), via Google Groups, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2026:",
          "text": "Regurgitated would be OK. By the wayside, are there any decent alternatives to leather jackets? (Not that I'm a Petaphile, mind yall.)",
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          "ref": "2003 July 28, Richard Martin, “Game of chicken: Critics say capitulation to PETA will worsen animal rights reprisals”, in Nation's Restaurant News, volume 37, number 30, Lebhar-Friedman, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, page 31:",
          "text": "There seems little point, moreover, in trying to marginalize PETA-philes by faulting their rejection of the animal kingdom's remorseless food chain paradigm — that the big fish eat the little fish — or repudiation of the worldwide acceptance of meat eating as a proper option for descendants of hunters and gatherers.",
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          "ref": "2015 December 23, Thomas McIntyre, “Fierce Objects of Desire”, in Anthony Licata, editor, Field & Stream, volume 120, number 8, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, page 90:",
          "text": "These are not the ravings of some PETA-phile but the purportedly honest conclusions of a, by his own lights, fellow sportsman.",
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        "A supporter of PETA, an American animal rights organization."
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        "(derogatory) A supporter of PETA, an American animal rights organization."
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          "text": "Regurgitated would be OK. By the wayside, are there any decent alternatives to leather jackets? (Not that I'm a Petaphile, mind yall.)",
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          "text": "There seems little point, moreover, in trying to marginalize PETA-philes by faulting their rejection of the animal kingdom's remorseless food chain paradigm — that the big fish eat the little fish — or repudiation of the worldwide acceptance of meat eating as a proper option for descendants of hunters and gatherers.",
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