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Sexism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Sexism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex

2

The belief that people of one sex or gender are inherently superior to others.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
discrimination
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
male chauvinism sexual discrimination
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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