Dictionary entry

Sexism

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛksɪz(ə)m/

Pronunciation

/ˈsɛksɪz(ə)m/

Myanmar Meaning

လိင်အခြေခံဖြင့် မိန်းမများကို မုန်းတီးစက်ဆုပ်ရွံရှာခြင်း။

Definition

sexism /'seksÇzǝm/ n [U] က်ား၊ မ ခြဲျခားဆက္ဆံျခင္း။ လိင္အရ အခြင့္အေရးခြဲျခားျခင္း၊ ႏိွမ္ျခင္း။ blatant sexism in the selection of staff. ❏ sexist /'seksÇst/ adj ( derog ) မိမိႏွင့္ လိင္မတူသူမ်ားကို ခ်ဳိးႏိွမ္လိုေသာ။ sexist language ❍ a sexist person/ attitude/ joke. n ( derog ) ယင္းသို႔ သေဘာထားရိွသူ။

Examples

  1. ‘It is a practice which perpetuates sexism
  2. sex discrimination and sexual violence.’
  3. ‘We really only know how to talk about racism
  4. sexism and homophobia.’
  5. ‘One has only to think of such prejudices as racism and sexism.’
  6. ‘She spoke out repeatedly against U.S. imperialism and was a powerful critic of racism
  7. sexism
  8. and homophobia on the campus.’
  9. ‘Although by no means easy
  10. it is easier to be increasingly open about your sexuality if you don't also have to be concerned with racism
  11. and classism.’
  12. ‘No group in the movement can claim to not be effected by systemic racism
  13. homophobia
  14. classism
  15. and other forms of oppression.’
  16. ‘My point is that ageism is alive and well in our community
  17. and it is
  18. in its worst form
  19. as harmful as racism
  20. or homophobia.’
  21. ‘Patriarchy
  22. heterosexism and globalization are all root causes of this particular form of exploitation.’
  23. ‘It is not possible to fail so effectively that you stop racism
  24. ageism
  25. humanism.’
  26. ‘Another problem is that
  27. to appeal to a human rights commission
  28. one must document racism
  29. sexism and classism separately.’
  30. ‘As a consequence
  31. the use of stereotypes can breed racism
  32. and other forms of bigotry.’
  33. ‘It means fighting against sexism and its manifestations in areas such as people's attitudes and opinions
  34. advertising and the law
  35. to name a few.’
  36. ‘Prior productions have dealt with HIV / AIDS
  37. masculinity
  38. and abuse among others.’
  39. ‘It's important to analyze the recurring intersection between homophobia and sexism worldwide.’
  40. ‘The leftist types I hang out with can discuss this movie for hours with themes of sexism
  41. racism
  42. classism running throughout.’
  43. ‘In general
  44. consciousness of sexism in language is a younger-generation
  45. urban
  46. and politically liberal concern.’
  47. ‘You know the litany: sexism
  48. colonialism
  49. homophobia.’
  50. ‘It's not enough to end sexism if some women are still suffering from racism or homophobia.’
  51. ‘It starts with three friends with deeply personal agendas to condemn fascism
  52. elitism
  53. classicism
  54. racism and sexism.’
  55. ‘This form of discrimination is as intellectually unjustified as racism or sexism.’