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animal rights

pl.n.

The right to humane treatment claimed on behalf of animals, especially the right to be treated as persons or more like persons under the law.

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animal rights

pl n

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy)

a. the rights of animals to be protected from exploitation and abuse by humans

b. (as modifier): the animal-rights lobby.

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an′imal rights′

n.pl.

the rights of animals, claimed on ethical grounds, to humane treatment and protection from exploitation and abuse.

[1975–80]

Translations

animal rights

1. npl → diritti mpl degli animali

2. adj (organization, activist) → animalista

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