Sexist

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  • noun. A person who discriminates on grounds of sex; someone who practises sexism.
  • adjective. Unfairly discriminatory against one sex in favour of the other.
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  • noun. a man with a chauvinistic belief in the inferiority of women
  • adjective. discriminatory on the basis of sex (usually said of men's attitude toward women)
    • Word Usage
    "I was in an environment full of testosterone and chaotic male hormones, and the word sexist had not yet been invented."
    cross-reference
    -ist  ableist  bigot  bigotry  chauvinism  
    Equivalent
    discriminatory  prejudiced  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    antifeminist  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abusive  anti-semitic  chauvinistic  crass  derogatory  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Timonistic  antiblack  antisocial  biased  bigot  
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