/?spi?.?i?z.?.z?m/theideathat onespecies(= set ofanimalswith the samecharacteristicsthat canbreedfrom each other),especiallyhumanbeings, is moreimportantand should have morerightsthan another:Theycalltheassertionofhumansuperiorityover otheranimals"speciesism".It issheerspeciesism that very fewhumanscampaignto Save Our Slugs.More examples
I don't say that speciesism andracismareexactlythe same.
Dr Richard Rydercreatedtheconceptof speciesism and is acampaignerforanimalprotection.
Traditionalformsof speciesism such ashunting,whaling,sealing,furtrapping,zoosandcircuses, hadcontinuedunremarked upon.
Thegazelledoes notarguespeciesism when thelionistearingitsthroatout.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesSpecies & genders
breed
clade
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femaleness
genera
genus
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holotype
intergeneric
order
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related
same-gender
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