sexist
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5.8
- adjective
- /ˈsɛksɪst/
- Offensive
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sexista
- She called out the sexist behavior she witnessed at the workplace.
- sexist remarks
- sexist attitudes
- sexist behavior
But it's a strikingly sexist image of a powerful woman.
- But it's a strikingly sexist image of a powerful woman.
- And along the way, he's made some pretty sexist jokes, right?
- Did you experience sort of sexist behaviour from the players?
- And you use sexist slurs because you know, that hurts the most.
- His policies are misogynistic, sexist, racist and homophobic.
- Maybe, just maybe the world is a little sexist.
- You know, we can get away from one particular source of, of sexist unfairness.
- It seems to be a very sexist discrimination, but that's the rule in Idaho.
- Just a bunch of sexist female norms.
- They're just irredeemably sexist and and terrible people.
- I didn't know if they were being ageist, sexist or racist.
- And if you think that's sexist, let me put this into the mix.
Examples
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There is no clear evidence that Professor X deliberately engaged in racist or sexist behavior.
Academic text (1992) -
Often reminding the reader that America, past and present, is a sexist society.
Academic text (1991) -
But I can see now that was sort of sexist, like on my part.
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- What a sexist thing to say.
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Did you experience sort of sexist behaviour from the players?
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That sounds like we're having a sexist reaction.
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But it's a strikingly sexist image of a powerful woman.
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In particular, the social activity around rugby was laden with sexist rituals and songs.
Academic text (1996) -
All of this horrible sexist stuff about Hillary Clinton, about Kamala Harris.
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His sexist remarks during the meeting offended many of his colleagues.
Synonyms
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8.6
Showing strong dislike or unfair treatment of women
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8.6
Having an unfair belief that your own group is better than others
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9.9
Putting men's views and power first and ignoring other perspectives
Having a strong dislike or distrust of women
Having or showing strong hatred of women
Antonyms
How Sexist
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sexist comes from sex meaning 'male or female' and the ending -ist, like in artist, which names someone with a role or belief. So when something is sexist, it shows unfair ideas or actions toward 'men' or 'women'.