sexist
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See also: Sexist
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From sex + -ist, after sexism.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sexist (plural sexists)
- A person who discriminates on grounds of sex; someone who practises sexism.
Hyponyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a person who discriminates on grounds of sex
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Adjective[edit]
sexist (comparative more sexist, superlative most sexist)
- Unfairly discriminatory against one sex in favour of the other.
- Robert and Jessica both lost all respect for their father when they found him to be sexist.
Translations[edit]
unfairly against one sex in favour of the other
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Derived terms[edit]
- arch-sexist
- cryptosexist
- hypersexist
- postsexist
- prosexist
- quasisexist
- reverse sexist
- semi-sexist
- supersexist
- ultrasexist
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- ableist
- bigot
- bigotry
- chauvinism
- chauvinist
- misandry
- misandric
- misogynist
- discrimination
- heterosexist
- homophobe
- homophobic
- -ist
- racist