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orientationist en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English orientation Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English orientationist From orientation + -ist.

Meanings

1. Oppressing or hating persons of a certain sexual orientation.
   • Personally I find sissy boys a little too heavy to juggle, as well as being ageist, sexist and orientationist props. 1994 May 16, Andrew John Conway , “Re: Bounce juggling”, in rec.juggling (Usenet):
   • Since they don't, they are truly a private organization and I have no right to complain about any of their decisions, racist, sexist, orientationist, whatever. 2001 August 24, "jwitt" , “Re: Should Men Lead Girl Scout Troops?”, in soc.men (Usenet):
   • I don't want to be orientationist about this, but I think I should point out that such a real man is almost certain to be Julian Clary. 2004 December 13, Mike Lyle , “Re: Riggs and Cooper, Cooper and Riggs”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet):

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