vegan English · revision 15167

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈviː.ɡən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It was coined in 1944 by the English vegetarian Donald Watson from the first and last letters of [[vegetarian]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(Collins 2023)^(NODE 1998) to tell apart those who abstain from all animal products from those who merely refuse to eat animals.^(Etymonline) He used it to name his periodical, The Vegan News, first issued in November 1944.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A person who on principle abstains from all food of animal origin: 1944.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The adjective and veganism are also from 1944.^(OED 1989) In the 19th century such a person might be called a strict vegetarian.^(Etymonline) Collins records a wider sense, a person who uses no animal product for food, clothing or any other purpose, and an adjective for things made without exploiting animals.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1944 – vegan, veganism.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who eats no animal products, or who uses none for food, clothing or any other purpose.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Relating to or practising [[veganism]].^(Collins 2023)^(OED 1989)

+ # Made without animal products or the exploitation of animals: ''vegan cheese''.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[veganism]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vegetarian]]

+ * [[vegetable]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Vegan, of the star [[Vega]] or its imagined inhabitants (1951), is a separate word.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}