Fatphobia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fatphobia is a noun meaning Fear and/or dislike of obese people and/or obesity.
Meaning
Fear and/or dislike of obese people and/or obesity.
More Meanings
- Fear or obsessive avoidance of consuming fat.
Example Sentences
Near-synonyms: sizeism, weightism
Celebrity culture is intricately tied to fatphobia.
There are a lot of ways for people in the obese/eligible category to feel about it: […] Ambivalent about fatphobia in medicine working in their favor, for once.
This is because medical authorities and proponents of public health are drawing from and amplifying the Western cultural fear and loathing of fatness, or fatphobia, with claims about a global 'obesity epidemic' (WHO 1998).
Synonyms for fatphobia
Depending on context, synonyms include fatmisia, fattism, obesophobia, sizeism, weightism.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fatphobe, obesophobia, lipophobia, phobophobia, phobiaphobia, obeseism.
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