English language

How to pronounce sexist in English?

Toggle Transcript
Type Words
Synonyms male chauvinist
Type of antifeminist
Derivation sexism
Type Words

Examples of sexist

sexist
Parton played Doralee, who the others assume is sleeping with their sexist boss.
From the stltoday.com
Use he or she, and include a disclaimer if you're worried about sounding sexist.
From the badlanguage.net
Would anyone dare remake that these days, both sexist and racist jokes included?
From the guardian.co.uk
A nation cannot redeem its sexist history while still demeaning women for yucks.
From the inrich.com
The workplace may be sexist, but the education system is extremely meritocratic.
From the economist.com
He used to get quite a lot of stick in the 80s for being a sexist, not sure why.
From the guardian.co.uk
The closest I got to a diagnosis was a sexist insult that I'd rather not repeat.
From the latimes.com
These words don't come from a sexist scribe with no connection to women's sports.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Her responses to angry or sexist emails from viewers are both smiley and nuclear.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
More examples
  • Discriminatory on the basis of sex (usually said of men's attitude toward women)
  • Male chauvinist: a man with a chauvinistic belief in the inferiority of women
  • (sexism) discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex
  • Sexism, a term coined in the mid-20th century,Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 6th edition is the belief or attitude that one gender or sex is inferior to, less competent, or less valuable than the other. ...
  • A person who discriminates on grounds of sex; someone who practises sexism; Unfairly discriminatory against one sex in favour of the other
  • (sexism) The belief that people of one sex or gender are inherently superior to people of the other sex or gender; Unfair treatment or discrimination based on a difference of sex or gender; Disadvantage or unequal opportunity arising from the cultural dominance of one gender over the other; ...
  • (Sexism) Actions or attitudes that discriminate against people based solely on their gender. Sexism is linked to power in that those with power are typically treated with favour and those without power are typically discriminated against. ...
  • (Sexism) Similar to the dynamics of racism. Males are believed to be superior to females and when this belief is put into action it leads to females being treated as objects, the last to be hired, first to be fired, being paid less for equal work.
  • Sexism = Prejudice+ Power against women and people perceived as female. Sexism is the outward manifestation of an inward system of values deliberately designed to structure privilege by means of an objective, differential, and unequal treatment of women, for the purpose of social advantage over ...