supersexist
supersexist adjective: of, relating to extreme levels of sexism.
Adjective
supersexist (comparative more supersexist, superlative most supersexist)
- Of, relating to extreme levels of sexism.
- Or, as U.S. welfare rights leader Johnnie Tillmon put it, welfare is “like a supersexist marriage. You trade in a man for the man” (1972).2010, Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg, The Feminization of Poverty in Rich Nations, page 15
- This means, then, that many, if not most, male feminists and male womanists exist, literally, in a "no-man's land," where they receive the cold shoulder from feminists and womanists, and are shamelessly shunned by male antifeminists and antiwomanists and the supersexist men who rule the male...2010, Reiland Rabaka, Forms of Fanonism
Forms of supersexist
| comparative | more supersexist |
|---|---|
| superlative | most supersexist |
Origin of supersexist
From super- + sexist.
Questions about supersexist
- What does supersexist mean?
- Supersexist means of, relating to extreme levels of sexism.
- What part of speech is supersexist?
- Supersexist is an adjective.
Words near supersexist in the dictionary
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