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ultrasexist en · ADJ

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Etymology

From ultra- + sexist.

Meanings

1. Extremely sexist.
   • It is during the 1890s and 1900s that one encounters misogynist – or at any rate ultrasexist – reactions among intellectuals and, not least, emancipated intellectuals of liberal origins, which seem to express uneasiness and fear. 2014, Eric Hobsbawm, Fractured Times: Culture and Society in the Twentieth Century:
   • Malcolm's temple addresses during the 1950s particularly reveal his ultrasexist views, and many sisters in the Nation of Islam complained to Muhammad about his grossly offensive sayings against them. 1992, James H. Cone, Martin and Malcolm and America: A Dream or a Nightmare:
   • An ultraviolent — and ultrasexist — biker epic set for the most part in the Arizona desert, it's steeped in biker lore and southwestern mysticism, giving it the eccentricity that seems to be the exclusive province of B movies these days. 1990, The Motion Picture Guide 1990 Annual: The Films of 1989, page 49:

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