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veg·e·tar·i·an·ism

(vj-târ--nzm)

n.

The practice of subsisting on a diet composed

primarily or wholly of vegetables, grains, fruits,

nuts, and seeds, with or without eggs and dairy

products.

 

Cambridge international dictionary (british):

 

vegetarian, informal veggie, informal veggy

noun [C]

a person who does not eat meat for health or religious

reasons or because they want to avoid cruelty to

animals

'Of the four million people who have become

vegetarians in Britain, nearly two-thirds are women.

He stopped eating meat at the age of sixteen but gave

up fish and became a strict vegetarian two years

later.'

 

American Heritage Dictionary

 

vegetarianism

 

SYLLABICATION: veg·e·tar·i·an·ism

PRONUNCIATION: vj-târ--nzm

NOUN: The practice of subsisting on a diet composed

primarily or wholly of vegetables, grains, fruits,

nuts, and seeds, with or without eggs and dairy

products

 

Ultralingua Dictionary

 

Search Results for entries containing 'vegetarianism'

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No. English Definition

1. vegetarianism [n.] A diet excluding all meat and

fish.

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Medical Online

 

vegetarian

One who holds that vegetables and fruits are the only

proper food for man. Strict vegetarians eat no meat,

eggs, or milk.

 

Source: Websters Dictionary

 

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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002465.htm

 

Health Library on-line:

 

vegetarian (veg·e·tar·i·an)

(vej²[schwa]-t[schwa]r¢e-[schwa]n) one who practices

vegetarianism.

 

vegetarianism (veg·e·tar·i·an·ism)

(vej²[schwa]-t[schwa]r¢e-[schwa]-niz²[schwa]m)

restriction of the diet to disallow some or all foods

of animal origin, consuming mainly or wholly foods of

plant origin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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