looksist

English

Etymology

looks +‎ -ist

Adjective

looksist (comparative more looksist, superlative most looksist)

1. Forming prejudices based on a person's physical appearance.
   • 2007 August 26, Daphne Merkin, “The Politics of Appearance”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     But it is also a wishful argument, a posture that is in denial, if you will, about the fact that we live in a profoundly surface-oriented, looksist culture that has permeated our way of perceiving those who would be in charge of our lives.

Noun

looksist (plural looksists)

1. One who forms prejudices based on a person's physical appearance.

Anagrams

• lookists