flexitarian
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of flexible + vegetarian.
Noun
[edit]flexitarian (plural flexitarians)
- One who is usually or primarily vegetarian, but not strictly so.
Usage notes
[edit]- This term is sometimes used pejoratively by strict vegetarians.
Coordinate terms
[edit]- semitarian
- vegetarian
- vegan
- omnivore (food culture)
- carnivore (food culture)
- demitarian
Translations
[edit]one who is usually vegetarian
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Adjective
[edit]flexitarian (comparative more flexitarian, superlative most flexitarian)
- (of a person) Being a flexitarian.
- (of food, a diet, etc.) Being what a flexitarian might eat.
References
[edit]- Karen Iacobbo and Michael Iacobbo, Vegetarians and Vegans in America Today, Greenwood Publishing Group (2006), →ISBN, pages 164–5.