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Definitions

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

Etymologies

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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'.

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Examples

  • Newsweek has an article about flexitarianism which is the phenomenon of being vegetarian but eating meat occasionally.

    Feeds4all documents in category 'SEO' 2008

  • Also, w/r/t your quest for flexitarianism: try this tofu recipe.

    The Flexitarian Quest Continues (A Middle Eastern Riff on Bittman's Bean Burgers) Laura 2008

  • Sir Paul's passion for the sea goes back to Yellow Submarine and encompasses his stout vegetarianism- no fish-eating "flexitarianism" for him since a Damascene conversion during an angling trip to Tennessee in the Seventies.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Craig McLean 2011

  • Call it flexitarianism, conscious meat consumption, or low meat eating, lots of people are saving the flesh for special occasions and adopting a veg-centric diet.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed EcoSalon Vanessa Barrington 2010

  • Call it flexitarianism, conscious meat consumption, or low meat eating, lots of people are saving the flesh for special occasions and adopting a veg-centric diet.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed EcoSalon Vanessa Barrington 2010

  • Call it flexitarianism, conscious meat consumption, or low meat eating, lots of people are saving the flesh for special occasions and adopting a veg-centric diet.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed EcoSalon Vanessa Barrington 2010

  • Call it flexitarianism, conscious meat consumption, or low meat eating, lots of people are saving the flesh for special occasions and adopting a veg-centric diet.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed EcoSalon Vanessa Barrington 2010

  • Call it flexitarianism, conscious meat consumption, or low meat eating, lots of people are saving the flesh for special occasions and adopting a veg-centric diet.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • Call it flexitarianism, conscious meat consumption, or low meat eating, lots of people are saving the flesh for special occasions and adopting a veg-centric diet.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed EcoSalon Vanessa Barrington 2010

  • Call it flexitarianism, conscious meat consumption, or low meat eating, lots of people are saving the flesh for special occasions and adopting a veg-centric diet.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed EcoSalon Vanessa Barrington 2010

  • Giving up meat for a day or two a week, or going vegan for a bit – a millennial tendency known as “flexitarianism” – is a big deal in the food-to-go industry.

    How the sandwich consumed Britain | The long read Sam Knight 2021

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