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veg·e·tar·i·an / ˌvejiˈte(ə)rēən/ • n. a person who does not eat meat, and sometimes other animal products, esp. for moral, religious, or health reasons.
• adj. of or relating to the exclusion of meat or other animal products from the diet: a vegetarian restaurant.
DERIVATIVES: veg·e·tar·i·an·ism / -ˌnizəm/ n.
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Vegetarianism in political magazines.
Magazine article from: Vegetarian Journal; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; VEGETARIANISM AND VEGANISM OFTEN APPEAR IN the nation...month period resulted in 760 hits for vegetarianism and veganism--most of which are...growing pop culture allure. But how are vegetarianism and veganism covered in political...
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New Report Reveals UK Consumers' Attitudes to Vegetarianism and Prospects for the Market.
Business Wire; 5/9/2007; 700+ words
; ...announced the addition of Attitudes Towards Vegetarianism in the United Kingdom 2006 to their...that we have examined attitudes toward vegetarianism in the UK. However, in June 2000...few years, there is no doubt that vegetarianism and vegetarian food has become a much...
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Adolescent vegetarianism.
Magazine article from: Camping Magazine; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...this study examined the role of vegetarianism in the lives of adolescents...to learn about the "use" of vegetarianism by teenagers. They collected...from adults in their views of vegetarianism. Adolescence is seen as a time...
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Grassroots vegetarianism - Support groups sprout for all kinds of eaters.
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 6/25/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...the headlines, heard the reports: Vegetarianism is going mainstream. Each season brings...seems to offer vegetarian options. Vegetarianism, it seems, is as American - and as...to its mainstream acceptance, then vegetarianism has a long way to go. In the Boston...
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Vegetarianism and tennis: a natural partnership: an interview with Peter Burwash.(Vegetarian Action)(Interview)
Magazine article from: Vegetarian Journal; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...the most well-known advocates of vegetarianism of our time. Once upon another lifetime...Peter has written 10 books that promote vegetarianism in various capacities, including Peter...which enables him to speak about vegetarianism. On other occasions, he is hired...
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Judaism and Vegetarianism. (reviews).
Magazine article from: Vegetarian Journal; 1/1/2002; ; 680 words
; JUDAISM AND VEGETARIANISM By Richard H. Schwartz, PhD Judaism and Vegetarianism is not a moderate work. The first chapter opens...Schwartz realizes the ways in which Judaism and vegetarianism appear to be in direct conflict--as evidenced...
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Chewing on vegetarianism?
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 4/6/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...demonstrated an association between vegetarianism in adolescents and eating disorders...contribute to the notion that vegetarianism has a dark side? In fact, I contributed to no such notion if by vegetarianism we are focused on the plant foods...
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A religious case for vegetarianism
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 11/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...the influential 1988 book Judaism and Vegetarianism. This year, he recruited 66 fellow...a packet of information advocating vegetarianism and mailed it to all 3,650 rabbis...Judaism mulled the ethical case for vegetarianism during their annual caucus. Rabbi...
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Why Friends Shouldn't Let Friends Be Eaten: An Argument for Vegetarianism.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Social Theory and Practice; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; The case for vegetarianism is usually erected upon one of three...defend a new argument in support of vegetarianism, which, although deontological...over other arguments in support of vegetarianism. The key concept of the argument...
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VEGETARIAN SOCIETY: New research reveals vegetarianism to be the future of food
M2 Presswire; 6/1/1998; 700+ words
; ...SOCIETY: New research reveals vegetarianism to be the future of food (C...revealed that consumers expect vegetarianism to continue increasing, meat consumption to reduce and that vegetarianism is set to become a widespread diet...
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Vegetarianism
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
Vegetarianism Definition Vegetarianism is the voluntary abstinence from eating meat. Vegetarians...do not eat any animal-derived products at all. Purpose Vegetarianism is recommended as a dietary therapy for a variety of conditions...
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Lacto-Ovo Vegetarianism
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Lacto-ovo vegetarianism Definition Lacto-ovo vegetarians...Society of Great Britain, although vegetarianism as a way of life has existed for...vegetarians. Veganism , another type of vegetarianism, follows a diet that uses no animal...
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vegetarianism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
vegetarianism theory and practice of eating only...diets. The basis of the practice of vegetarianism may be religious or ethical, economic...Adventists. As a general movement vegetarianism arose about the middle of the 19th...
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Pythagoras
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
...of the first recorded diets known as vegetarianism. He advocated a diet devoid of the...malaria. See also Greece, Ancient ; Vegetarianism . BIBLIOGRAPHY Bamford, Christopher...The Heretic's Feast: A History of Vegetarianism. London: Fourth Estate, 1993. Walters...
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Baháʾí
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
...age, one that will give way in the future to vegetarianism. Vegetarianism is portrayed as being a compassionate practice...simple foods that grow from the ground. Finally, vegetarianism is just; one should not eat lavishly while others...
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