English

Noun

carnism ‎(uncountable)

1. The human ideology that supports the slaughter of animals for food.
   • 2013, Will Anderson, This Is Hope: Green Vegans and the New Human Ecology:

     Now we need a universal consensus about standards of decency toward ecosystems, individuals from other species, and Earth. We cannot do this unless we end carnism.

   • 2014, Julieanna Hever, The Vegiterranean Diet: The New and Improved Mediterranean Diet:

     So violent systems such as carnism need to use a set of psychological and social defense mechanisms so that humane people participate in inhumane practices without fully realizing what they are doing. The primary defense of carnism is […]

References

1. ↑ Melanie Joy, "From Carnivore to Carnist: Liberating the Language of Meat", Satya, September 2001.
2. ↑ Margo DeMello, Animals and Society: An Introduction to Human-Animal Studies (2012, ISBN 0231526768)