Bodyism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bodyism is a noun meaning Prejudice based on the appearance of someone's body.
Meaning
Prejudice based on the appearance of someone's body.
Example Sentences
Politically, nothing is a more powerful distraction from the female conscience than focusing on bodyism.
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.
Synonyms for bodyism
Depending on context, synonyms include lookism, looksism.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include physiotype, partialism, bioidentity, exophenotype, dysmorphism, morphophilia.
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