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crypto-sexism

crypto-sexism noun: sexism that is unofficial and unobvious.

Noun

crypto-sexism (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Sexism that is unofficial and unobvious.
    • This is in no way a manifestation of crypto-sexism but a simple consequence of the direction of the precession of the equinoxes.1988, Stephen E. Franklin, Origins of the Tarot Deck
    • […] Gund has struggled to assert herself as a woman in a family and a professional world dominated by men, and reports preceding her election that she would not be an effective fund-raiser for MOMA struck her as familiar crypto-sexism.1991, Vanity Fair, volume 54, page 60

Origin of crypto-sexism

From crypto- + sexism.

Questions about crypto-sexism

What does crypto-sexism mean?
Crypto-sexism means sexism that is unofficial and unobvious.
What part of speech is crypto-sexism?
Crypto-sexism is a noun.

Words near crypto-sexism in the dictionary

  1. crypto-racism
  2. crypto-racist
  3. crypto-racists
  4. crypto-revisionism
  5. crypto-satanism
  6. crypto-sexism
  7. crypto-sexist
  8. crypto-wallet
  9. crypto-wallets
  10. cryptoanalysis
  11. cryptoanalyst

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