sexist
/ˈsɛksɪst/
sexist adjective: unfairly discriminatory against one sex in favour of the other.
Adjective
sexist (comparative more sexist, superlative most sexist)
- Unfairly discriminatory against one sex in favour of the other.
- [Sokka (Jack DeSena):] I knew I should've left you home. Leave it to a girl to screw things up.
[Katara (Mae Whitman):] You are the most sexist, immature, nutbrained—I'm embarrassed to be related to you!2005 February 21, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Aaron Ehasz, Peter Goldfinger, Josh Stolberg, “The Boy in the Iceberg” (3:32 from the start), in Avatar: The Last Airbender, season 1 (Book... - What was all that about?
Well, like all women, she's shoe-mad.
't's a bit sexist, isn't it?
Do you know one woman who isn't obsessed with shoes?
No, but I only know one woman. And she just left the room shouting "THE SHOES!"2006 February 3, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, season 1, episode 2
- [Sokka (Jack DeSena):] I knew I should've left you home. Leave it to a girl to screw things up.
Noun
sexist (plural sexists)
- A person who discriminates on grounds of sex; someone who practises sexism.
- When you argue […] that since fewer women write good poetry this justifies their total exclusion, you are taking a position analogous to that of the racist—I might call you in this case a "sexist"—who says that since so few Negroes have held positions of importance relative to the majority race...1965 November 18, Pauline M. Leet, Women and the Undergraduate, Franklin and Marshall College, page 3
- 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?
sexist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sexist in Hindi
- सेक्सिस्ट, यौनवादी
sexist in Tamil
- செக்ஸிஸ்ட்
sexist in Marathi
- लैंगिकतावादी, लैंगिकवादी
sexist in Urdu
- جنسیت پسند, سیکسسٹ, جنس پرست
More languagesFewer languages
- sexist in Bengali
- যৌনতাবাদী
- sexist in Telugu
- సెక్సిస్ట్, లైంగికవాది
- sexist in Malayalam
- സെക്സിസ്റ്റ്
- sexist in Kannada
- ಸೆಕ್ಸಿಸ್ಟ್, ಲೈಂಗಿಕತಾವಾದಿ
- sexist in Punjabi
- ਲਿੰਗਕਵਾਦੀ, ਲਿੰਗਵਾਦੀ, ਲਿੰਗੀਵਾਦੀ
- sexist in Gujarati
- સેક્સિસ્ટ, લૈંગિકવાદી, જાતીયવાદી
- sexist in Odia
- ଯୌନତାବାଦୀ, ଯୌନବାଦୀ
- sexist in Nepali
- सेक्सिस्ट, यौनवादी
Examples of sexist in a sentence
- Yes, sometimes my lyrics are sexist / But you lovely bitches and hoes / Should know I'm trying to correct this2008, “Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros”, performed by Flight of the Conchords:
- A defender of communitarianism might argue that just because extant communitarian theories are sexist, it does not follow that communitarianism is inherently sexist.2013, Susan J. Hekman, Moral Voices, Moral Selves: Carol Gilligan and Feminist Moral Theory:
- Narrators demonstrated resistance coping techniques through direct confrontation with aggressors, such as racists, sexists, homophobes, elitists, and misogynoirists.2022 December 6, LeAnna T. Luney, “Like our foremothers survived: Self-education, direct confrontation, and humor as resistance coping in...
Forms of sexist
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more sexist |
| superlative | most sexist |
| Noun | |
| plural | sexists |
Origin of sexist
From sex + -ist, after sexism.
Words formed from sexist
Questions about sexist
- What does sexist mean?
- Sexist means unfairly discriminatory against one sex in favour of the other.
- What is sexist in Hindi?
- Sexist in Hindi is सेक्सिस्ट, यौनवादी. See Sexist meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use sexist in a sentence?
- Yes, sometimes my lyrics are sexist / But you lovely bitches and hoes / Should know I'm trying to correct this
- What part of speech is sexist?
- Sexist can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce sexist?
- Sexist is pronounced /ˈsɛksɪst/ (UK).
Words near sexist in the dictionary
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