vegetarianism

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• General-American: /vɛd͡ʒɪˈtɛɹi.ənɪzəm/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /vɛd͡ʒɪˈtɛəɹi.ənɪzəm/
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• CMU ARPABET: V EH2 JH AH0 T EH1 R IY2 AH0 N IH2 Z AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Attested since circa 1847, when the British Vegetarian Society was founded. From vegetarian + -ism.

First English attestation dates to 1848, according to Merriam-Webster. From vegetarian + -ism.

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: نَباتِيَّة (nabātiyya) — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Armenian: բուսակերություն (busakerutʻyun) — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Azerbaijani: vegetarianlıq — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Belarusian: вегетарыя́нства (vjehjetaryjánstva) — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Bulgarian: вегетариа́нство (vegetariánstvo) — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Catalan: vegetarianisme — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Chinese Mandarin: 素食主義 /素食主义 (sùshízhǔyì) — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Chinese Mandarin: 素食 (sùshí) — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Czech: vegetariánství — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Danish: vegetarisme — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Dutch: vegetarisme — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Esperanto: vegetarismo — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Estonian: taimetoitlus — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Estonian: vegetarism — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Finnish: kasvissyönti — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• French: végétarisme — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Galician: vexetarianismo — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Georgian: ვეგეტარიანელობა (vegeṭarianeloba) — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• German: Vegetarismus — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Greek: χορτοφαγία (chortofagía) — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Hebrew: צִמְחוֹנוּת — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Hindi: शाकाहार (śākāhār) — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Hungarian: vegetarianizmus — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Hungarian: növényevés — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Irish: feoilséanadh — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Italian: vegetarismo — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Japanese: 菜食主義 (saishokushugi) — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Japanese: 菜食 (saishoku) — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Japanese: ベジタリアニズム (bejetarianizumu) — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Kazakh: вегетарианшылық (vegetarianşylyq) — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Korean: 채식주의 (chaesikjuui) — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Korean: 채식 (chaesik) — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Macedonian: вегетарија́нство (vegetarijánstvo) — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Norwegian: vegetarianisme — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Persian: گیاهخواری (giyâh-xâri) — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Polish: wegetarianizm — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Portuguese: vegetarianismo — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Romanian: vegetarianism — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Russian: вегетариа́нство (vegetariánstvo) — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Serbo-Croatian: вегетаријанизам — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Serbo-Croatian: вегетаријанство — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Serbo-Croatian: vegetarijanizam — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Serbo-Croatian: vegetarijanstvo — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Slovak: vegetariánstvo — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Slovene: vegetarijanstvo — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Spanish: vegetarianismo — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Swahili: ulaji mboga — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Swedish: vegetarianism — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Tagalog: panggugulayin — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Tagalog: behetaryanismo — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Tagalog: pag-aawoy — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Tajik: гиёҳхӯрӣ (giyohxüri) — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Tamil: சைவம் (caivam) — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Thai: ลัทธิมังสวิรัติ (lát-tí mang-sà-wí-rát) — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Thai: มังสวิรัติ (mangsàwírát) — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Turkish: vejeteryenlik — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Ukrainian: вегетаріа́нство (vehetariánstvo) — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Uzbek: vegetarianlik — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Vietnamese: thuyết ăn chay — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Vietnamese: chế độ ăn chay — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Volapük: härbatim — practice of following a vegetarian diet
• Yiddish: וועגעטאַריאַניסם (vegetaryanism) — practice of following a vegetarian diet