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Speciesism vs Specieism - What's the difference?

speciesism | specieism |

As nouns the difference between speciesism and specieism

is that speciesism is an ethical stance that assigns different worth or rights to beings on the basis of their species membership, such as assigning greater rights to human beings than to other animals while specieism is rare spelling of speciesism.

speciesism

English

(wikipedia speciesism)

Alternative forms

* species-ism, speciesm, specism

Noun

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  • (philosophy, ethics) An ethical stance that assigns different worth or rights to beings on the basis of their species membership, such as assigning greater rights to human beings than to other animals.
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    • Related terms

    * speciesist * speciest * specist

    See also

    * animal liberation English words suffixed with -ism

    specieism

    English

    Noun