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Sexist Common

Origin: Greek suffix -ist

Sexist has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a man with a chauvinistic belief in the inferiority of women

2

A person who discriminates on grounds of sex; someone who practises sexism.

Adjective
1

discriminatory on the basis of sex (usually said of men's attitude toward women)

2

Unfairly discriminatory against one sex in favour of the other.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
antifeminist
Rhyming Words
ist nist kist uist hist bist dist list jist wist mist sist iist cist rist gist fist trist feist boist
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