Word: veganism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ve
gan
ism
Definition: A way of life which strictly avoids use of any kind of animal products and services that are based on exploitation of living animals.
Morphemes:
Affix: vegan
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Committed to avoiding any product or practice that inherently involves animal use.
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form names of a tendency of behaviour, action, state, condition or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology or principle or lack thereof.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.