Word: speciesism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: spe
cie
si
sm
Definition: 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: Possessive marker, indicating that an object belongs to the word bearing the marker.
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form names of ideologies expressing belief in the superiority of a certain class within the concept expressed by the root word, or a pattern of behavior or a social norm that benefits members of the group indicated by the root word. ( )
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.