sexist

See also: Sexist

English

Etymology

From sex +‎ -ist, after sexism.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛksɪst/

Noun

sexist (plural sexists)

1. A person who discriminates on grounds of sex; someone who practises sexism.

Hyponyms

• misandrist
• misogynist

Translations

a person who discriminates on grounds of sex

• Catalan: sexista m or f
• Czech: sexista m
• Dutch: seksist (nl) m or f
• Finnish: seksisti (fi)
• French: sexiste (fr) m or f
• German: Sexist m, Sexistin f
• Irish: gnéasaíoch m
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• Italian: sessista (it) m or f
• Norman: sexiste m or f (Jersey)
• Polish: seksista m, seksistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: sexista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: sexist m
• Russian: женофо́б (ru) m (ženofób), женоненави́стник (ru) m (ženonenavístnik) (men against women); секси́ст (ru) m (sɛksíst), секси́стка f (sɛksístka)
• Spanish: sexista m or f

Adjective

sexist (comparative more sexist, superlative most sexist)

1. Unfairly discriminatory against one sex in favour of the other.
   • 2013, Susan J. Hekman, Moral Voices, Moral Selves: Carol Gilligan and Feminist Moral Theory

     A defender of communitarianism might argue that just because extant communitarian theories are sexist, it does not follow that communitarianism is inherently sexist.

Derived terms

• arch-sexist
• cryptosexist
• hypersexist
• postsexist
• prosexist
• quasisexist
• reverse sexist
• semi-sexist
• supersexist
• ultrasexist

Translations

unfairly against one sex in favour of the other

• Catalan: sexista
• Czech: sexistický
• Dutch: seksistisch (nl)
• Estonian: seksistlik (et)
• Finnish: seksistinen
• French: sexiste (fr) m or f
• Irish: gnéasaíoch
• Italian: sessista (it) m or f
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• Japanese: 性差別的 (seisabetsuteki)
• Norman: sexiste
• Polish: seksistowski (pl)
• Romanian: sexist m, sexistă f
• Russian: женоненави́стнический (ru) (ženonenavístničeskij) (men against women); секси́стский (ru) m (sɛksístskij)
• Spanish: sexista
• Welsh: rhywiaethol (cy)

Related terms

• sex
• sexism

See also

• ableist
• bigot
• bigotry
• chauvinism
• chauvinist
• misandry
• misandric
• misogynist
• discrimination
• heterosexist
• homophobe
• homophobic
• -ist
• racist

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