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veganism

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A way of life which strictly avoids animal products and services involving the use of living animals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

Strict vegetarianism; the practice of eating neither meat nor other animal products, such as fish, milk and milk products, eggs, and honey.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *weg-o-der.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *woǵéyetider. Proto-Italic *wogeōder.? Latin vegeō Latin vegetus Latin vegetāre, vegetō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin vegetābilisbor. Old French vegetablebor. Middle English vegetable English vegetable Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English -arian English vegetarian English vegan Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English veganism From vegan + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خُضْرِيَّة (ḵuḍriyya) — Translations
  • Arabic: نَبَاتِيَّة صِرْفَة (nabātiyya ṣirfa) — Translations
  • Azerbaijani: veqanlıq — Translations
  • Bengali: নিরামিষবাদ (niramiśbad) — Translations
  • Catalan: veganisme — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 純素食主義 /纯素食主义 (chúnsùshí zhǔyì) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 維根主義 /维根主义 (wéigēn zhǔyì) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 純素主義 /纯素主义 (chúnsù zhǔyì) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嚴格素食主義 /严格素食主义 (yángé sùshízhǔyì) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 完全素食主義 /完全素食主义 (wánquán sùshízhǔyì) — Translations
  • Czech: veganství — Translations
  • Danish: veganisme — Translations
  • Dutch: veganisme — Translations
  • Esperanto: veganismo — Translations
  • Finnish: veganismi — Translations
  • French: véganisme — Translations
  • French: végétalisme — Translations
  • German: Veganismus — Translations
  • Greek: ακραιφνής χορτοφαγία (akraifnís chortofagía) — Translations
  • Hebrew: טִבְעוֹנוּת — Translations
  • Hindi: वीगनवाद (vīganvād) — Translations
  • Hungarian: veganizmus — Translations
  • Irish: veigeánachas — Translations
  • Italian: veganismo — Translations
  • Japanese: ヴィーガニズム (vīganizumu) — Translations
  • Kazakh: веганшылық (veganşylyq) — Translations
  • Korean: 비거니즘 (bigeonijeum) — Translations
  • Latin: veganismus — Translations
  • Macedonian: ве́ганство (véganstvo) — Translations
  • Norwegian Bokmål: veganisme — Translations
  • Polish: weganizm — Translations
  • Portuguese: veganismo — Translations
  • Russian: ве́ганство (véganstvo) — Translations
  • Russian: вега́нство (vegánstvo) — Translations
  • Russian: вегани́зм (veganízm) — Translations
  • Sinhalese: වීගන්වාදය (wīganwādaya) — Translations
  • Spanish: veganismo — Translations
  • Swedish: veganism — Translations
  • Tamil: நனிசைவம் (naṉicaivam) — Translations
  • Thai: วีกัน — Translations
  • Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa thuần chay — Translations
  • Welsh: feganiaeth — Translations
  • Welsh: figaniaeth — Translations
  • Yiddish: וועגאַניזם (veganizm) — Translations