flexitarianism

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#1·11h ago

(US) The practice of eating mainly vegetarian food, but making occasional exceptions for social, pragmatic, cultural, or nutritional reasons.

Origin: A combination of flexible + vegetarian + -ism. The earliest known use of the term occurred in the October 17, 1992, issue of the Austin American-Statesman, article by Linda Anthony, ''Acorn serves up 'flexitarian fare'''. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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