sexism

English

Etymology

From sex +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɛksɪzm̩/
Audio (UK) (file)

Noun

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:
  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

Coordinate terms

ableism
ageism
bigotry
chauvinism
misogyny
misandry
discrimination
heterosexism
homophobia
racism
religionism

Derived terms

antisexism
cissexism
crypto-sexism
cybersexism
heterosexism
monosexism
neurosexism
nonsexism
retrosexism
reverse sexism

Related terms

sex
sexist

Translations

gender discrimination or dislike

Albanian: seksizëm m
Armenian: սեռական խտրականություն (seṙakan xtrakanutʿyun), սեքսիզմ (sekʿsizm)
Belarusian: сэксі́зм m (seksízm)
Bulgarian: секси́зъм m (seksízǎm)
Catalan: sexisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 性別歧視／性别歧视 (zh) (xìngbié qíshì)
Czech: sexismus (cs) m
Danish: sexisme (da) c
Dutch: seksisme (nl) n
Esperanto: seksismo (eo)
Estonian: seksism
Finnish: seksismi (fi)
French: sexisme (fr) m
Galician: sexismo m
Georgian: სექსიზმი (seksizmi)
German: Sexismus (de) m
Greek: σεξισμός (el) m (sexismós)
Hebrew: אפליה מינית‎
Hindi: लिंगवाद m (liṅgvād)
Hungarian: szexizmus
Icelandic: kynjamismunun
Ido: sexuismo (io)
Irish: gnéasachas m, gnéasaíochas m
Italian: sessismo (it) m
Japanese: 性差別 (ja) (せいさべつ, seisabetsu)
Korean: 성 차별 (seong chabyeol)
Latin: sexismus m
Macedonian: секси́зам m (seksízam)
Norman: sexisme m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sexisme m
Persian: جنسیت‌گرایی‎ (jensit-garâyi)
Polish: seksizm (pl) m
Portuguese: sexismo (pt) m
Romanian: sexism n
Russian: секси́зм (ru) m (sɛksízm)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сексизам m
Roman: seksizam (sh) m
Slovak: sexizmus m
Slovene: seksizem m
Spanish: sexismo (es) m
Swedish: sexism (sv) c
Thai: ลัทธิกีดกันทางเพศ (lát-tí gèet-gan-taang-pâyt)
Ukrainian: секси́зм m (seksýzm)
Vietnamese: phân biệt giới tính
West Frisian: seksisme

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Translations to be checked

Thai: ^{(please verify)} เพศนิยม (pâyt ní-yom)

Anagrams

missex

Romanian

Etymology

From French sexisme.

Noun

sexism n (uncountable)

sexism

Declension

declension of sexism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) sexism	sexismul
genitive/dative	(unui) sexism	sexismului
vocative	sexismule