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veganism 

The philosophy which respects animal rights.

Vegans believe that animals have natural, unalienable moral rights, including to life, bodily autonomy and freedom in general. To be vegan is to respect those rights and to refrain from exploitation, killing and other forms of harm, towards animals. To achieve this, vegans exclude animal derived products from their diet and other areas of their life.

Some go even further and contribute to vegan activism by pushing their views of not killing onto others, which is super annoying!
people who give a fuck about animals are supporters of veganism.
veganism by TEMPORAL_ February 18, 2023
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Veganism 

A lifestyle where one chooses to eat a plant-based(ie. not eat animal products) due to moral, environmental and/or health reasons etc.
Veganism is a lifestyle.
Veganism by everliss7 June 13, 2018

vaginismus 

The thin area of skin between the vagina and the asshole, similar to an isthmus of land
The tide came up and I was stuck on her vaginismus.
vaginismus by upland game May 18, 2006

Veganism 

Is a diet.
Person 1 : Veganism is a diet
World : True homie
Veganism by the vegan teacher August 21, 2020

veganishism 

An eating practice for people who kinda want to be vegan, but sometimes just need to eat some cheese or chicken.

Guilt free veganism.
No it's fine. I can have the pasta with parmesan, I practice veganISHism
veganishism by Caycay May 12, 2007

veganism 

The belief that non-human animals should not be commodified, exploited, and/or eaten.
“Aw man, I just finished my eighteenth bowl of hummus this week.”
“…Uh, do you subscribe to veganism, by any chance?”
veganism by Hogtrude Parker September 11, 2022
Veganism is the principle that humans should live without exploiting animals. It's a recognition that they are sentient individuals who deserve to live free from exploitation, rejection of their objectification and use, and an uncompromising demand for their emancipation from humans.

“The object of the (Vegan) Society shall be to end the exploitation of animals by man”; and “The word veganism shall mean the doctrine that man should live without exploiting animals.”

The Society pledges itself, “in pursuance of its object,” to “seek to end the use of animals by man for food, commodities, work, hunting, vivisection, and all other uses involving the exploitation of animal life by man.

The effect of this development is to make veganism unique among movements concerned with animal welfare. For it has crystallized as a whole, and not, as are all other such movements, as an abstraction. Where every other movement deals with a segment—and therefore deals directly with practices rather than principles—veganism is itself a principle, from which certain practices logically flow."

~ Veganism Defined (1951)

Exploitation: the act of using for selfish purposes. (In Search of Veganism 2, 1949)

*This definition was the consensus among several prominent members of Vegan Society
in 1951 with former vice-president Leslie J Cross as key figure in conceptualising the theoretical framework. Read the essays by Cross at tinyurl.com/lesliecross
Veganism: recognition that animals are individuals - not resources, objects or slaves.
Veganism is the principle that humans should live without exploiting animals.
Veganism by Arseni April 17, 2026