sexist en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈsɛksɪst/ (UK, US)
Etymology
From sex + -ist, after sexism.
Meanings
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Unfairly discriminatory against one sex in favour of the other.
I believe this is the first fairy tale retelling I’ve seen that incorporates the classic version of the text as official propaganda of a fascistically sexist (and homophobic) police state, so that’s an interesting premise to start from.
2021 October 27, Joe Kessler, “Book Review: Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron”, in The Lesser Joke: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. [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 One: Water), episode 1, spoken by Sokka and Katara (Jack DeSena and Mae Whitman):Yes, sometimes my lyrics are sexist / But you lovely bitches and hoes / Should know I'm trying to correct this
2008, “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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more sexist | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most sexist | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
reverse sexist · unsexist · postsexist · semi-sexist · neurosexist · cryptosexist · sexistly · supersexist · prosexist · exorsexist · cissexist · arch-sexist · nonsexist · antisexist · ultrasexist · quasisexist · sexistic · hypersexist
Translations (22)
fr sexiste (unfairly against one sex in favour of the other) · ru женоненави́стнический (unfairly against one sex in favour of the other) · pl seksistowski (unfairly against one sex in favour of the other) · ga gnéasaíoch (unfairly against one sex in favour of the other) · af seksisties (unfairly against one sex in favour of the other) · cs sexistický (unfairly against one sex in favour of the other) · ro sexist (unfairly against one sex in favour of the other) · fi seksistinen (unfairly against one sex in favour of the other) · cy rhywiaethol (unfairly against one sex in favour of the other) · ja 性差別的な (unfairly against one sex in favour of the other) · it sessista (unfairly against one sex in favour of the other) · nrf sexiste (unfairly against one sex in favour of the other) · ru секси́стский (unfairly against one sex in favour of the other) · es sexista (unfairly against one sex in favour of the other) · pt sexista (unfairly against one sex in favour of the other) · ro sexistă (unfairly against one sex in favour of the other) · sv sexistisk (unfairly against one sex in favour of the other) · et seksistlik (unfairly against one sex in favour of the other) · de sexistisch (unfairly against one sex in favour of the other) · ko 성차별적 (unfairly against one sex in favour of the other) · nl seksistisch (unfairly against one sex in favour of the other) · ca sexista (unfairly against one sex in favour of the other)