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neurosexism en · NOUN

Etymology

From neuro- + sexism.

Meanings

  1. (neologism, uncountable) The use of neuroscientific research to support preexisting ideas about inherent sex differences.
    • Neurosexism reflects and reinforces cultural beliefs about gender—and it may do so in a particularly powerful way. Dubious “brain facts” about the sexes become part of the cultural lore. 2010, Cordelia Fine, Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference, W. W. Norton, →ISBN, page xxviii: