fattism

9.6

Unfair treatment of people who are overweight

noun
/ˈfætɪzəm/

Offensive

: gordofobia

She spoke out against fattism after encountering discrimination at a doctor's office.

Examples

Many activists are working to raise awareness about fattism in the workplace.
The documentary explores the effects of fattism on mental health.
Many people experience fattism daily.
We need to address fattism in the workplace.
She spoke out against fattism after encountering discrimination at a doctor's office.
Many activists are working to raise awareness about fattism in the workplace.
The documentary explores the effects of fattism on mental health.

Synonyms

fatism

vsfattism

Offensive

1 9.0

Treatment that is unfair to people who are overweight or obese

has the same meaning but spelled with a double t

Antonyms

acceptance

106 2.9

Willingness to be friendly to people and ideas that are different

inclusiveness

7 3.8

Making everyone feel welcome and treating them fairly

How Prejudiced

bigotry

NSFW

89 7.0

discrimination

Offensive

322 3.5

fattism

Offensive

9.6

prejudice

184 4.8

bias

Specialized

211 5.2

Surface Forms

fattism singular

fattisms plural

Morphology

fattism = fat (transparent) = fat + ism

Formed by the productive suffix '-ism' added to 'fat' to denote an ideology or prejudice; the meaning parallels other '-ism' words like 'racism' and is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word fattism comes from fat and the suffix -ism, which means 'belief or practice' and is used in words like racism. So fattism is prejudice or discrimination against people who are overweight.