Beardism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Beardism is a noun meaning (rare) Prejudice against bearded people.
Meaning
(rare) Prejudice against bearded people.
More Meanings
- (rare, dated, nonce word) The period during which one has a beard.
- (rare, dated, nonce word) A support for beards; a favourable opinion of beards.
Example Sentences
arguments […] neither wholly for, nor yet entirely against the propagation of beardism
the incipient horse guardsman — a tall hobbledehoy just budding into gooseberry beardism
Meanwhile, early in 2001, the Equal Opportunities Branch of Britain's Home Office conducted "sensitivity groups" whose members were asked to note their "beardism" (i.e., beard-racism), or negative associations to facial hair.
When the Americans first took me on there was great debate about it. They thought it might be seen as shifty or untrustworthy. They said, 'Oh he's got a beard!'; 'Well, maybe it's a European thing'; 'Oh hey, that's OK then'. Beardism is rampant.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include beardist, pogonophobia, misopogon, biprejudice, faceism, gingerism.
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