Word: speciesist
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: spe
cie
sist
Definition: A proponent of speciesism. An ethical stance that assigns different worth or rights to beings on the basis of their species membership, such as assigning greater rights to human beings than to other animals.
Morphemes:
Affix: specie
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: singular of species.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Hypocoristic suffix
Affix: -ist
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: one who has a certain ideology or set of beliefs;
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ίζω
Language: grc
Decoded: -izo
Meaning: -ize, -ise
Affix: -τής
Language: grc
Decoded: -tes
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: With -ύζω verbs.