US /ˈsɛksɪzm̩/
noun Freq #36337

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Unfair treatment of people, especially women, because of their sex.

    Many women still face sexism in the workplace.

  2. 2
    noun

    The belief that one sex is naturally better than another.

    The idea that men are smarter than women is pure sexism.

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Word family
Derived forms antisexismcissexismcrypto-sexismcybersexismethnosexismexorsexismheterosexismintersexismmonosexismneurosexismnonsexismretrosexism
Related forms sexsexist

Etymology

From sex + -ism.

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