Definitions

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  • noun A proponent of speciesism.
  • adjective Of or relating to speciesism.

Etymologies

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1975, species +‎ -ist.

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Examples

  • You shouldn't use the phrase "dog days" anymore as it is "speciesist" - by the way I know Ruth - and she is a nasty and loyal piece of work.

    Dog Days Praguetory 2007

  • I was called a speciesist in comments at my last post, and shame shamed because, as a feminist, I should know better.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Sage 2008

  • I was called a speciesist in comments at my last post, and shame shamed because, as a feminist, I should know better.

    On Love, Cats, and Speciesism Sage 2008

  • If you think it's o.k. to throw bombs at people who use laboratory rats to test cancer cures, why aren't you out there throwing bombs at those cruel, "speciesist" lions too?

    CapeCodToday Blog Chowder 2009

  • Finally, dear readers, imagine the many opportunities for growth through pilgrimage to sacred sites, the handling and viewing of relics that retain the energies of the great man - the mind, that is to say the bundle of neurons and fatty tissue that fills my cranium through wholly fortuituous accident and yields no claim to any kind of speciesist preeminence on my part ... the mind so understood I say thrills at the prospect of living such a holistic and fervent faith ...

    Latest entries from endlesslyrocking.blog-city.com 2009

  • Finally, dear readers, imagine the many opportunities for growth through pilgrimage to sacred sites, the handling and viewing of relics that retain the energies of the great man - the mind, that is to say the bundle of neurons and fatty tissue that fills my cranium through wholly fortuituous accident and yields no claim to any kind of speciesist preeminence on my part ... the mind so understood I say thrills at the prospect of living such a holistic and fervent faith ...

    Latest entries from endlesslyrocking.blog-city.com 2009

  • Best concludes, "If humans have for so long failed to understand animal minds it is because their own stupidity, insensitivity, and deep speciesist bias have for so long blinded them."

    Marc Bekoff: Animal Minds and the Foible of Human Exceptionalism Marc Bekoff 2011

  • Best concludes, "If humans have for so long failed to understand animal minds it is because their own stupidity, insensitivity, and deep speciesist bias have for so long blinded them."

    Marc Bekoff: Animal Minds and the Foible of Human Exceptionalism Marc Bekoff 2011

  • Then, the conclusion that we're smarter, takes on all sorts of speciesist meaning such as we're more important or more valuable and this leads us down the road to much animal abuse

    Marc Bekoff: Chimpanzees in the Crossfire: Are They Really More Clever Than Us? Marc Bekoff 2011

  • Best concludes, "If humans have for so long failed to understand animal minds it is because their own stupidity, insensitivity, and deep speciesist bias have for so long blinded them."

    Marc Bekoff: Animal Minds and the Foible of Human Exceptionalism Marc Bekoff 2011

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