Meanings
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1
noun
Unfair treatment of people, especially women, because of their sex.
Many women still face sexism in the workplace.
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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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Derived forms
antisexismcissexismcrypto-sexismcybersexismethnosexismexorsexismheterosexismintersexismmonosexismneurosexismnonsexismretrosexism
Etymology
From sex + -ism.