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quasisexist en · ADJ

Etymology

From quasi- + sexist.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, rare) Virtually or almost sexist.
    • Here's the section women have been patiently waiting for after trudging through a swamp of quasisexist discussion. 2015, Al Bruno, Crossed Out: Our Lives without Christ:
    • I realized I could do this by cracking insensitive, sadomasochistic, exhibitionistic, quasisexist, politically incorrect, scatologically correct and genitally erect jokes. 2013, G. Sampath, How to Make Enemies and Offend People:
    • As I have argued before, the way androgynous male goths open themselves up to quasisexist and homophobic abuse through their style can be seen as a deliberate appropriation of the marginalised position assigned to women and gay men in our culture. 2007, Paul Hodkinson, Youth Cultures: Scenes, Subcultures and Tribes: