cruelty-free

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cruelty-free

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From cruelty + -free.

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  1. not comparable Of cosmetics and similar products: made without harming animals. It can be particularly hard to tell what is and isn't cruelty-free, as the term isn't regulated; any brand can claim to be so. The only way a company can be totally cruelty-free is when no animal testing has happened at any point during production.

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Españolcruelty-free, sin crueldad, libre de crueldad

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"cruelty-free." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cruelty-free.

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@misc{cruelty_free_2026,
  title = {cruelty-free},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cruelty-free},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}