flexitarian

English

Etymology

Blend of flexible +‎ vegetarian.

Noun

flexitarian (plural flexitarians)

1. One who is usually or primarily vegetarian, but not strictly so.

Usage notes

• This term is sometimes used pejoratively by strict vegetarians.

Coordinate terms

• semitarian
• vegetarian
• vegan
• omnivore (food culture)
• carnivore (food culture)
• demitarian

Translations

one who is usually vegetarian

• Dutch: flexitariër (nl) m
• German: Flexitarier m
• Hungarian: flexitáriánus
• Polish: fleksitarianin (pl) m

Adjective

flexitarian (comparative more flexitarian, superlative most flexitarian)

1. (of a person) Being a flexitarian.
2. (of food, a diet, etc.) Being what a flexitarian might eat.

References

• Karen Iacobbo and Michael Iacobbo, Vegetarians and Vegans in America Today, Greenwood Publishing Group (2006), →ISBN, pages 164–5.