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sexism (iou) and humet (iou)


sexism (iou)



sexism noun. M20.
[from SEX noun + -ISM, after racism.]
(Behaviour, language, etc., reflecting) the assumption that one sex, esp. the female, is inferior to the Other; prejudice or discrimination, esp. against women, on the grounds of sex; insistence on (esp. a woman's) conformity to a sexually stereotyped social role.
Publishers Weekly The Women's..panel..on 'sexism' in children's books. R. Rendell With the sexism of the stand-up comic..Burden interrupted him: 'Women Drivers!'

humet (iou)



humet adjective.M17-M18.
[Abbreviation.]
= HUMETTY.