cryptosexist
cryptosexist adjective: covertly sexist; not obviously sexist.
Adjective
cryptosexist (not comparable)
- Covertly sexist; not obviously sexist.
- Much work of this kind has been appearing of late, especially made by women, so locked into formerly cryptosexist methodologies and iconographies is this art.1975, Arts Magazine, volume 50, page 9
- His other motives, whether crypto-sexist, racist, vegetarian, or whatever, need not concern us.1994, Paul Lawrence Farber, The Temptations of Evolutionary Ethics, page 151
Forms of cryptosexist
| alternative form | crypto-sexist |
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Origin of cryptosexist
From crypto- + sexist.
Questions about cryptosexist
- What does cryptosexist mean?
- Cryptosexist means covertly sexist; not obviously sexist.
- What part of speech is cryptosexist?
- Cryptosexist is an adjective.
Words near cryptosexist in the dictionary
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