body shaming

English

Alternative forms

• body-shaming

Noun

body shaming (uncountable)

1. Bias, invective, or discrimination targeted at individuals because of their weight.

Translations

bias, invective, or discrimination targeted at individuals because of their weight

• Hungarian: testszégyenítés
• Russian: бодише́йминг (ru) m (bodišéjming)

Verb

body shaming

1. Alternative form of body-shaming

Related terms

• fat shaming

Further reading

• “body shaming”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “body shaming”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “body shaming”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English body shaming.

Noun

body shaming m (invariable)

1. (neologism) body shaming

   Synonym: derisione del corpo

Related terms

• fat shaming