carnism

Etymology

From the Latin root carnis (“flesh, meat”), + -ism. Coined by American psychologist Melanie Joy as an antonym of vegetarianism.

Why this word is great

CARNISM — [Noun] The ideology or practice that normalizes and justifies the consumption of animal products, particularly meat, and the use of animals for human purposes. From the Latin carnis ("flesh, meat") + -ism (denoting a system or ideology). Coined by psychologist Melanie Joy in 2001. Unlike "veganism" (which rejects all animal exploitation) or "vegetarianism" (which often permits dairy and eggs while abstaining from flesh), carnism is the unspoken framework that renders the slaughterhouse mundane. It is the Sunday roast presented without history, the supermarket aisle where pork chops bear no relation to pigs, and the cultural reflex that recoils at eating a dog while savoring a cow—a quiet violence so ordinary it becomes morality.

noun

The human ideology that supports the slaughter of certain animals and the consumption of their meat or other products (leather from skin, etc).“Mass terms like “meat,” “hamburger,” and “leather” used instead of “dead animal,” “cow,” or “skin” encourage consumers to forget that they are eating or using a dead animal. ... The commercial influence of a pervasive and legalized meat industry is strong, which may account for why speciesism and the ideology of carnism are cultural values that Freeman found national news tends to impose on audien”
The practice of eating animal meat or using animal products (leather, etc).“Now we need a universal consensus about standards of decency toward ecosystems, individuals from other species, and Earth. We cannot do this unless we end carnism.”