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faceism

faceism noun: prejudice based on the appearance of somebody's face.

Noun

faceism (uncountable)

  1. Prejudice based on the appearance of somebody's face.
    • The more the frame is occupied by the face, the higher the level of faceism. Zuckerman found across several hundred magazine advertisements that men were likely to have higher faceism scores than women (Zuckerman, 1986).2004, Jerome D. Williams, Wei-Na Lee, Curtis P. Haugtvedt, Diversity in Advertising: Broadening the Scope of Research Directions, Psychology Press, →ISBN

Origin of faceism

From face + -ism.

Questions about faceism

What does faceism mean?
Faceism means prejudice based on the appearance of somebody's face.
What part of speech is faceism?
Faceism is a noun.

Words near faceism in the dictionary

  1. facehoof
  2. facehoofed
  3. facehoofing
  4. facehoofs
  5. facehooves
  6. faceism
  7. facekini
  8. facekinis
  9. faceless
  10. faceless bureaucrat
  11. faceless bureaucrats

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