They considered alternatives such as dairyban, vitan and benevore before settling on the term we use today, a simple contraction of vegetarian on the grounds that " veganism starts with vegetarianism and carries it through to its logical conclusions" .

他们考虑了“禁奶制品者”（dairyban）、“维生素食者”（vitan）和“善食者”（benevore）等选项，最后才决定使用我们如今所用的术语“纯素主义者”（vegan），也就是将素食主义者简单缩写，理由是“纯素食主义从素食主义开始，并将其推进到合乎其逻辑的结论”。