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ethnosexism

ethnosexism noun: an intersectional form of discrimination pushing narratives where a sex or gender is constructed as disadvantaged due to ethnic background and geopolitical position.

Noun

ethnosexism (uncountable)

  1. An intersectional form of discrimination pushing narratives where a sex or gender is constructed as disadvantaged due to ethnic background and geopolitical position.

Origin of ethnosexism

Borrowed from German Ethnosexismus, introduced by Gabriele Dietze 2016 in reference to the discourses around 2015–16 New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany. Equivalent to ethno- + sexism.

Questions about ethnosexism

What does ethnosexism mean?
Ethnosexism means an intersectional form of discrimination pushing narratives where a sex or gender is constructed as disadvantaged due to ethnic background and geopolitical position.
What part of speech is ethnosexism?
Ethnosexism is a noun.

Words near ethnosexism in the dictionary

  1. ethnosemantically
  2. ethnosemanticist
  3. ethnosemanticists
  4. ethnosemantics
  5. ethnoses
  6. ethnosexism
  7. ethnosocial
  8. ethnosociological
  9. ethnosociologically
  10. ethnosociologies
  11. ethnosociologist

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