sexism
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sexism (countable and uncountable, plural sexisms)
- The belief that people of one sex or gender are inherently superior to others.
- The notion that either gender is superior is sexism.
- Discrimination or different treatment (e.g. in job opportunities) based on sex or gender.
- 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 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.
- 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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gender discrimination or dislike
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French sexisme. By surface analysis, sex + -ism.
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sexism n (uncountable)
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declension of sexism (singular only)
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) sexism | sexismul |
genitive/dative | (unui) sexism | sexismului |
vocative | sexismule |
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sexism c
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Declension of sexism | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sexism | sexismen | sexismer | sexismerna |
Genitive | sexisms | sexismens | sexismers | sexismernas |
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- sexistisk (“sexist”)