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lookist

lookist adjective: forming prejudices based on a person's physical appearance.

Adjective

lookist (comparative more lookist, superlative most lookist)

  1. Forming prejudices based on a person's physical appearance.
    • Weldon was sent to profile Jordan and worried her subject was a simple reminder of Britain’s “shoddy, lookist, celebrity culture.”2008 March 16, Dwight Garner, “Inside the List”, in New York Times

Noun

lookist (plural lookists)

  1. One who forms prejudices based on a person's physical appearance.
    • I don't blame racists, sexists, lookists, or any other “ists” for what they personify and perpetuate. They are mere hostages of their egos.2007, Fran Harris, Will the REAL You Please Stand Up?

Forms of lookist

Adjective
comparativemore lookist
superlativemost lookist
alternative formlooksist
Noun
plurallookists

Origin of lookist

From look + -ist.

Questions about lookist

What does lookist mean?
Lookist means forming prejudices based on a person's physical appearance.
What part of speech is lookist?
Lookist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near lookist in the dictionary

  1. looking-glass
  2. looking-glasses
  3. Lookingglass
  4. lookings
  5. lookism
  6. lookist
  7. lookists
  8. lookit
  9. lookless
  10. Lookman
  11. lookoff

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