'Vegetarianism' definitions:
Definition of 'vegetarianism'
From: WordNet
noun
A diet excluding all meat and fish
Definition of 'Vegetarianism'
From: GCIDE
- Vegetarianism \Veg`e*ta"ri*an*ism\, n. The theory or practice of living upon vegetables and fruits. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vegetarianism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstainment,
- abstemiousness,
- abstention,
- abstinence,
- acid-ash diet,
- allergy diet,
- appetite,
- asceticism,
- avoidance,
- banyan day,
- bland diet,
- calorie chart,
- calorie counter,
- cannibalism,
- carnivorism,
- carnivority,
- carnivorousness,
- celibacy,
- chastity,
- chewing,
- consumption,
- continence,
- cropping,
- deglutition,
- devouring,
- devourment,
- diabetic diet,
- diet,
- diet book,
- dietary,
- dietetics,
- dieting,
- dining,
- eating,
- Encratism,
- epulation,
- eschewal,
- fast,
- feasting,
- feeding,
- fish day,
- Friday,
- fruitarianism,
- gluttony,
- gobbling,
- grazing,
- gymnosophy,
- herbivorism,
- herbivority,
- herbivorousness,
- high-protein diet,
- high-vitamin diet,
- hunger,
- ingestion,
- Lenten fare,
- licking,
- low-carbohydrate diet,
- low-salt diet,
- macrobiotic diet,
- manducation,
- mastication,
- messing,
- munching,
- nephalism,
- nibbling,
- nutrition,
- omnivorism,
- omnivorousness,
- omophagy,
- pantophagy,
- pap,
- pasture,
- pasturing,
- pecking,
- plain living,
- Pythagoreanism,
- Pythagorism,
- Rechabitism,
- refraining,
- refrainment,
- regalement,
- regime,
- regimen,
- relishing,
- rumination,
- salt-free diet,
- savoring,
- sexual abstinence,
- Shakerism,
- simple diet,
- soft diet,
- spare diet,
- Spartan fare,
- spoon victuals,
- Stoicism,
- tasting,
- teetotalism,
- the pledge,
- total abstinence,
- ulcer diet,
- vitamin-deficiency diet,
- wolfing