Definitions For Speciesism

Noun

SPECIESISM (uncountable) (philosophy, ethics) An ethical stance that assigns different worth or rights to beings on the basis of their species membership, such as assigning greater rights to human beings than to other animals. from 1970

Derived terms

antispeciesism speciesist specist

Translations

{{trans-top}} Asturian: especismu, m Catalan: especisme, m Danish: speciesisme, c, artschauvinisme, c Dutch: speciesisme, m Esperanto: speciismo Estonian: spetsiesism Finnish: spesismi French: spécisme, m, espécisme, m German: Speziesismus, m Greek: σπισισμός, m Italian: specismo, m Norwegian: : Bokmål: artssjåvinisme, m, spesiesisme, m, artsisme, m Polish: szowinizm gatunkowy, m, dyskryminacja gatunkowa, f, gatunkizm, m, gatunkowizm, m, especismo, m Slovene: specizem, m, speciesizem, m Spanish: especismo, m

Alternative forms

species-ism, speciesm, specism

Etymology

coined by british animal rights advocate {{w + richard d. ryder}}, from species + ism.

See also

anthropocentrism animal liberation