singleism en · NOUN
Etymology
From single + -ism.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative spelling of singlism.
alt of singlism
But the sad truth is that even Janet Reno's description of herself as "an awkward old maid" buys into the myth of the never-married eccentric. That's how deep singleism goes.
1993 February 18, Alice Steinbach, “Singles are suspect to those who divide the world by twos”, in The Baltimore Sun: