sexism
English
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edit- IPA(key): /ˈsɛksɪzm̩/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editsexism (countable and uncountable, plural sexisms)
- The belief that people of one sex (or gender) are inherently different from those of another sex, and generally that one sex is superior to others.
- The notion that either gender is superior is sexism.
- Discrimination or different treatment based on sex or gender, especially discrimination against women.
- The fact that there is only one woman in a management position in that company makes it easy to believe that sexism runs rampant there.
- 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Dati launched a blistering attack on the prime minister, François Fillon, under whom she served as justice minister, accusing him of sexism, elitism, arrogance and hindering the political advancement of ethnic minorities.
- 2024 September 3, Noor Al-Sibai, “Elon Musk Suggests That Government Should Be Replaced by Dudes With High Testosterone”, in The Byte[2]:
- Beyond the glaring sexism inherent in suggesting that women's brains are so different from men's that they can't think properly, Musk lending credence to this dogshit hypothesis is incredibly goofy given that he and his audience of supposedly "high-T" men seem far more likely to fall in line with the sort of groupthink the original post references in such pseudo-phrenological terms.
- Attitudes or actions that are based on or promote the expectation that people adhere to stereotypical social roles (gender roles) based on sex.
- The sexism of making and promoting violent films for men and romantic comedies for women.
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editgender discrimination or dislike
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editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French sexisme. By surface analysis, sex + -ism.
Noun
editsexism n (uncountable)
Declension
editsingular only | indefinite | definite |
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nominative-accusative | sexism | sexismul |
genitive-dative | sexism | sexismului |
vocative | sexismule |
Swedish
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editNoun
editsexism c
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editnominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | sexism | sexisms |
definite | sexismen | sexismens | |
plural | indefinite | sexismer | sexismers |
definite | sexismerna | sexismernas |
Related terms
edit- sexistisk (“sexist”)
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