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looksism

looksism is the alternative form of lookism.

Meaning of lookism

Noun

lookism (uncountable)

  1. Prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of a person's physical appearance.
    • "We face a world," says Nancy Etcoff, a psychologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, "where lookism is one of the most pervasive but denied prejudices."2000 August 27, William Safire, quoting Nancy Etcoff, “Lookism: Uglies of the world, unite!”, in The New York Times Magazine (On Language)
    Synonyms:
    bodyism, looksism

Synonyms of looksism

Origin of looksism

From looks + -ism.

Questions about looksism

What is looksism the alternative form of?
Looksism is the alternative form of lookism.

Words near looksism in the dictionary

  1. lookseen
  2. looksees
  3. looksful
  4. looksie
  5. looksies
  6. looksism
  7. looksist
  8. looksists
  9. looksmatch
  10. looksmatches
  11. looksmax

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