flexitariann.adj.

1998 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. 31 July q2/4 The icky neologism touted by the Food Channel is ‘flexitarian’, which is a meat-eating semi-vegetarian who determines his/her eating preference based on mood rather than ideology.

2006 Washington Post 1 Mar. f1/1 Being a flexitarian means eating 80 percent of your daily calories from fruit, vegetables, whole grains and beans and 20 percent from lean meat, fish and poultry.

2013 E. McKenna Pets, People & Pragmatism 230 None of us—omnivore, vegetarian, flexitarian, or vegan—should be blind to the fact that the deaths of other beings support our own lives.

2004 Bedford (Pa.) Gaz. 17 Mar. 16/6 Even the strictest of vegetarian advocacy groups considers the flexitarian trend a good thing.

2008 Time Out N.Y. 10 July 31/1 Chef Lee Gross's flexitarian menu takes care of vegans, vegetarians and meat eaters in a gorgeous space.

2013 Daily Mail 7 Sept. 15 Bittman describes his ‘flexitarian’—or semi-vegetarian—plan as a compromise for those who want to be healthy but can't face giving up the animal foods they love.

2004 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 16 Mar. [She] credits the growth of flexitarianism to the nation's better understanding of the diet-disease connection.

2013 V. Vaclavik & A. Haynes Art Nutritional Cuisine v. 114 A more recent adaptation of vegetarianism is ‘flexitarianism’, the approach taken by meat-eating vegetarians.