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bodyism

bodyism noun: prejudice based on the appearance of someone's body.

Noun

bodyism (uncountable)

  1. Prejudice based on the appearance of someone's body
    • Politically, nothing is a more powerful distraction from the female conscience than focusing on bodyism.2007, Stephanie Vermeulen, “Survival of the Prettiest”, in Kill the Princess, Seal Press, →ISBN, page 93
    • When do we cease to be a collection of many different beauties and become a bunch of “isms” instead, such as ageism, sexism, racism, bodyism, and on and on? We can make positive attitudes the underpinning of our classrooms.2012, Daniel Heller, “Kindness”, in Curriculum on the Edge of Survival, R&L Education, →ISBN, page 52
    Synonyms:
    lookism, looksism

Synonyms of bodyism

Origin of bodyism

From body + -ism.

Words formed from bodyism

Questions about bodyism

What does bodyism mean?
Bodyism means prejudice based on the appearance of someone's body.
What part of speech is bodyism?
Bodyism is a noun.

Words near bodyism in the dictionary

  1. bodyhackers
  2. bodyhacking
  3. bodyhood
  4. bodying
  5. bodying forth
  6. bodyism
  7. bodyjack
  8. bodyjacked
  9. bodyjacking
  10. bodyjacks
  11. bodykin

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