bodyism
nounEtymology From body + -ism.
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Prejudice based on the appearance of someone's body
- Politically, nothing is a more powerful distraction from the female conscience than focusing on bodyism.2007, Stephanie Vermeulen, “Survival of the Prettiest”, in Kill the Princess, Seal Press, →ISBN, page 93:
- When do we cease to be a collection of many different beauties and become a bunch of “isms” instead, such as ageism, sexism, racism, bodyism, and on and on? We can make positive attitudes the underpinning of our classrooms.2012, Daniel Heller, “Kindness”, in Curriculum on the Edge of Survival, R&L Education, →ISBN, page 52:
- Derived terms
- able-bodyism
- Hypernyms
- prejudice