Dictionary entry
Sexist
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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
- ‘It is a practice which perpetuates sexism
- sex discrimination and sexual violence.’
- ‘We really only know how to talk about racism
- sexism and homophobia.’
- ‘One has only to think of such prejudices as racism and sexism.’
- ‘She spoke out repeatedly against U.S. imperialism and was a powerful critic of racism
- sexism
- and homophobia on the campus.’
- ‘Although by no means easy
- it is easier to be increasingly open about your sexuality if you don't also have to be concerned with racism
- and classism.’
- ‘No group in the movement can claim to not be effected by systemic racism
- homophobia
- classism
- and other forms of oppression.’
- ‘My point is that ageism is alive and well in our community
- and it is
- in its worst form
- as harmful as racism
- or homophobia.’
- ‘Patriarchy
- heterosexism and globalization are all root causes of this particular form of exploitation.’
- ‘It is not possible to fail so effectively that you stop racism
- ageism
- humanism.’
- ‘Another problem is that
- to appeal to a human rights commission
- one must document racism
- sexism and classism separately.’
- ‘As a consequence
- the use of stereotypes can breed racism
- and other forms of bigotry.’
- ‘It means fighting against sexism and its manifestations in areas such as people's attitudes and opinions
- advertising and the law
- to name a few.’
- ‘Prior productions have dealt with HIV / AIDS
- masculinity
- and abuse among others.’
- ‘It's important to analyze the recurring intersection between homophobia and sexism worldwide.’
- ‘The leftist types I hang out with can discuss this movie for hours with themes of sexism
- racism
- classism running throughout.’
- ‘In general
- consciousness of sexism in language is a younger-generation
- urban
- and politically liberal concern.’
- ‘You know the litany: sexism
- colonialism
- homophobia.’
- ‘It's not enough to end sexism if some women are still suffering from racism or homophobia.’
- ‘It starts with three friends with deeply personal agendas to condemn fascism
- elitism
- classicism
- racism and sexism.’
- ‘This form of discrimination is as intellectually unjustified as racism or sexism.’