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I want to know how these very people who are against war because of loss of life can possibly be the same people who are for abortion? They are the same people who are for animal rights, but they are not for the rights of the unborn.
Jim Gibbons

Meaning of "animal rights" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ANIMAL RIGHTS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANIMAL RIGHTS

noun
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Animal rights is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ANIMAL RIGHTS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Animal rights

Animal rights is the idea that some, or all, non-human animals are entitled to the possession of their own lives, and that their most basic interests – such as an interest in not suffering – should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of human beings. Advocates oppose the assignment of moral value and fundamental protections on the basis of species membership alone – an idea known since 1970 as speciesism, when the term was coined by Richard D. Ryder – arguing that it is a prejudice as irrational as any other. They maintain that animals should no longer be viewed as property, or used as food, clothing, research subjects, entertainment, or beasts of burden. Advocates approach the issue from a variety of perspectives. The abolitionist view is that animals have moral rights, which the pursuit of incremental reform may undermine by encouraging human beings to feel comfortable about using them. Gary Francione's abolitionist position is promoting ethical veganism. He argues that animal rights groups who pursue welfare concerns, such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, risk making the public feel comfortable about its use of animals.

Definition of animal rights in the English dictionary

The definition of animal rights in the dictionary is the rights of animals to be protected from exploitation and abuse by humans.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANIMAL RIGHTS

animal cracker
animal experiment
animal experimentation
animal fat
animal husbandry
animal kingdom
Animal Liberation Front
animal liberationist
animal lover
animal magnetism
animal rights campaigner
animal rights movement
animal sanctuary
animal spirits
animal starch
animal testing
animal welfare
animalcular
animalcule
animalculism

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANIMAL RIGHTS

Bill of Rights
bragging rights
bright lights
brights
Christmas lights
civil rights
hazard warning lights
heights
highlights
human rights
knights
lights
nights
northern lights
rights
sights
the bright lights
thoughts
tights
traffic lights
voting rights

Synonyms and antonyms of animal rights in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «animal rights» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANIMAL RIGHTS

Find out the translation of animal rights to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of animal rights from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «animal rights» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

动物权利
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

derechos de los animales
570 millions of speakers

English

animal rights
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पशु अधिकार
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

حقوق الحيوان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

права животных
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

direitos dos animais
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পশু অধিকার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

droits des animaux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

hak asasi haiwan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tierrechte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

動物の権利
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

동물 보호
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kewan kewan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bảo vệ động vật
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விலங்கு உரிமைகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्राणी हक्क
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hayvan hakları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

diritti degli animali
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prawa zwierząt
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

права тварин
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

drepturile animalelor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τα δικαιώματα των ζώων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

diereregte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

djurens rättigheter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dyrs rettigheter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of animal rights

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANIMAL RIGHTS»

The term «animal rights» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.279 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANIMAL RIGHTS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «animal rights» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «animal rights» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about animal rights

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10 QUOTES WITH «ANIMAL RIGHTS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word animal rights.
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Neko Case
I think I've kind of been mistaken for somebody who's trying to be a spokesperson for animal rights, and the fact is I'm not qualified to be a spokesperson. I am passionate about it, but I'm not trying to make other people do what I do.
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Kerry Condon
I am an animal rights campaigner myself, and I donate money and time to those charities, but I think sometimes the problem with animal rights campaigners, including myself, is that we don't think about people's feelings, too.
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Abbie Cornish
I'm a vegetarian and very much active in regards to how I feel about animal rights and protecting animals and giving animals a voice. But at the same time, I appreciate and respect other people's decisions to eat meat. The only thing that I hope is that people are educated, that they're aware, that they're living a conscious lifestyle.
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James Cromwell
I'm an animal rights activist because I believe we won't have a planet if we continue to behave toward other species the way we do.
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James Cromwell
When I did 'Babe' I wanted to talk about animal rights without going through some convoluted justifications about using animal products.
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Ellen DeGeneres
I'm not an activist; I don't look for controversy. I'm not a political person, but I'm a person with compassion. I care passionately about equal rights. I care about human rights. I care about animal rights.
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Corey Feldman
I'd say that animal rights and environmental issues have always been at the forefront of my mind.
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Beau Garrett
I'm such an advocate for animal rights and environmental rights.
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Jim Gibbons
I want to know how these very people who are against war because of loss of life can possibly be the same people who are for abortion? They are the same people who are for animal rights, but they are not for the rights of the unborn.
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Annie Gottlieb
I think human self-hatred may be the great untold story of the millennium. It's the common thread linking deep ecology and animal rights, the love and money we lavish on pets, the uneasy longing for extraterrestrials to be meddling with us.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANIMAL RIGHTS»

Discover the use of animal rights in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to animal rights and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Case for Animal Rights
More than twenty years after its original publication, "The Case for Animal Rights" has a new and fully considered preface, in which Regan responds to his critics and defends the book's revolutionary position.
Tom Regan, 2004
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Animal Rights: A Very Short Introduction
Do animals have moral rights?
David DeGrazia, 2002
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Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare [2 ...
The work helps readers understand the different viewpoints of animal welfare advocates who want to improve conditions for animals and animal rights activists who don't want animals used at all.
Marc Bekoff, 2009
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Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions
They show that whatever one's ultimate conclusions, the relationship between human beings and nonhuman animals is being fundamentally rethought. This book offers a state-of-the-art treatment of that rethinking.
Cass R. Sunstein, Martha C. Nussbaum, 2004
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Animal Rights: What Everyone Needs to KnowRG
In this compelling volume in the What Everyone Needs to KnowRG series, Paul Waldau expertly navigates the many heated debates surrounding the complex and controversial animal rights movement.
Paul Waldau, 2010
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Animal Rights: A Reference Handbook
Defines animal rights, traces the relationship between animals and humans, profiles animal rights activists, and lists organizations and resources.
Clifford J. Sherry, 2009
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Animal Rights and Wrongs
If so, what duties?These are myariad other issues are discussed in this brilliantly argued book, published in association with the leading think-tank Demos.Why are animal-rights groups so keen to protect the rights of badgers and foxes but ...
Roger Scruton, 1998
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Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights
Zoopolis offers a new agenda for the theory and practice of animal rights.
Sue Donaldson, Will Kymlicka, 2011
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Animal Rights: A Historical Anthology
Animal Rights reveals the ways in which a variety of thinkers have addressed such issues as our ethical responsibilities for the welfare of animals, whether animals have rights, and what it means to be human.
Andrew Linzey, Paul Barry Clarke, 2013
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Animal Rights: Political and Social Change in Britain Since 1800
Elizabeth A. Kaye specializes in communications as part of her coaching and consulting practice. She has edited Requirements for Certification since the 2000-01 edition.
Hilda Kean, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANIMAL RIGHTS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term animal rights is used in the context of the following news items.
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Animal rights activists cover themselves in blood red paint to protest …
Animal rights protesters demonstrate for the abolition of bull runs and bullfights More than 100 protestors gathered outside the bull ring for the ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
2
Animal Rights Groups Challenge Washington Cougar Hunt Quota
Animal rights' organizations are asking the state Fish and Wildlife Commission to change its recent decision to increase the cougar quota in ... «Public News Service, Jul 15»
3
Animal rights group protests in West Toledo
An Ohio-based animal rights group held a lunchtime protest today in front of the Gordon Food Service store at 5733 W. Central Ave. to demand ... «Toledo Blade, Jul 15»
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PETA hopping mad at UM over wallaby
An animal rights activist group is unhappy with the University of Michigan's handling of an exotic animal — a wallaby — that it says two UM ... «The Detroit News, Jul 15»
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Shane and Sia Barbi are now militant animal rights activists. Source …
The glamorous, doll-like sisters are militant vegan animal rights activists, who have campaigned for veterans with post traumatic stress disorder ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
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Animal rights group files complaint against California poultry firm
The animal rights group Mercy for Animals filed a lawsuit against Foster Farms and the American Humane Association on July 2, 2015, ... «Centre Daily Times, Jul 15»
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Animal rights group protests local GFS location
A handful of people gathered on the front lawn of Gordon Food Service earlier today to protest animal cruelty. The protest was part of a ... «PGH City Paper, Jul 15»
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Animal rights campaigners outraged as big cat 'circus' set to open in …
Animal rights groups have reacted with outrage after a “circus” with three tigers and two lions is to open in a Welsh market town on Friday. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Faroe Islands Pilot Whale Massacre Photos 2015: Animal Rights
Animal rights groups have often criticized the hunt, referred to as the Faroe Islands pilot whale massacre, as barbaric. As many as 1,100 whales ... «International Business Times, Jun 15»
10
MP Andrea Jenkyns to fight for animal rights with Queen's Brian May
... controlling fox numbers.” Rock legend Brian runs his own animal rights charity, Save Me Trust, named after the Queen song that he penned. «Wakefield Express, Jun 15»

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