antispeciesism

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Etymology

From anti- +‎ speciesism.

Noun

antispeciesism (uncountable)

  1. (philosophy, ethics) An ethical stance which opposes the unjustified consideration or treatment of sentient individuals who are not classified as belonging to a certain species.
    Antonym: speciesism
    • 2026 February 10, Ross Douthat, “The Left Needs a Sharper A.I. Politics”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
      But there may be strong pressure to go the other way — to surrender, in the name of autonomy and equity and anti-speciesism, to a future where humans and bots are treated interchangeably, where simulated relationships are assumed to be equal to real ones if enough people prefer them, and where the post-human ambitions of some technologists are taken up by the would-be spokesmen for the masses.
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