Definitions

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  • noun The fact or practice of being a carnivore.

Etymologies

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From carnivore + -ism (after vegetarianism).

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Examples

  • And, because we are realistic, right-thinking leftists, we understand that interspecies carnivorism is celebrated among Insect-Canadians, adding another community of insect villagers.

    Summer of the Ants 2008

  • The picture I see you painting is that all along there has been death and disease and carnivorism, squeezed into a blank spot of silence just prior to Genesis 1: 2.

    Alternative to Dembski's Theodicy? 2009

  • A few converted back to carnivorism out of sheer desperation.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • A few converted back to carnivorism out of sheer desperation.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • The picture I see you painting is that all along there has been death and disease and carnivorism, squeezed into a blank spot of silence just prior to Genesis 1: 2.

    Alternative to Dembski's Theodicy? 2009

  • I've never dabbled in vegetarianism, but when I think of my dad's Thanksgiving plate, and of Cara's before she came back over to the dark side of carnivorism, I don't feel that bad for them.

    Big Girls, Small Kitchen: Turkey Day, Without the Turkey Big Girls 2010

  • Now I'm all for anything that celebrates blatant carnivorism, and I'd love to see PETA's apoplectic reaction, but come on: I've been inside a Burger King and while the amalgam of scent that assaults your nose may not be quite as revolting as the aforementioned love sweat of the Mongolian Cud-Spitting Yak, it certainly doesn't conjure up images of sweet lovin 'on a plush rug in front of a roaring fire.

    Scent of Love Dave Hurteau 2008

  • These past couple years — – with the help of Princeton Bioethics professor Peter Singer — I've managed to start synthesizing my affinities for carnivorism and guilt-having to rather impressive degrees.

    Wasted Words: Horse Hate and Carnivore Guilt | Indecision Forever | Political Humor, 2010 Election, and Satire Blog | Comedy Central 2010

  • I've never dabbled in vegetarianism, but when I think of my dad's Thanksgiving plate, and of Cara's before she came back over to the dark side of carnivorism, I don't feel that bad for them.

    Big Girls, Small Kitchen: Turkey Day, Without the Turkey Big Girls 2010

  • I've never dabbled in vegetarianism, but when I think of my dad's Thanksgiving plate, and of Cara's before she came back over to the dark side of carnivorism, I don't feel that bad for them.

    Big Girls, Small Kitchen: Turkey Day, Without the Turkey Big Girls 2010

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