Sexism

Noun

 * 1) The belief that people of one sex or gender are inherently superior to people of the other sex or gender.
 * The notion that either gender is smarter or stronger is sexism.
 * 1) Unfair treatment or discrimination based on a difference of sex or gender.
 * The fact that there is only one woman in a management position in that company makes it easy to believe that sexism runs rampant there.
 * 1) Disadvantage or unequal opportunity arising from the cultural dominance of one gender over the other.
 * In order to succeed in this company, women generally must acquire various masculine traits, which only points out the underlying sexism.
 * 1) Promotion or expectation or assumption of people to behave in accordance with or deviate from a gender role.
 * Hollywood contributes to sexism in our society by making and promoting violent films for men and romantic comedies for women.

Thesaurus
Jim Crow, Jim Crow law, anti-Semitism, apartheid, black power, black supremacy, chauvinism, class consciousness, class distinction, class hatred, class prejudice, class war, color bar, color line, discrimination, fascism, know-nothingism, male chauvinist, minority prejudice, race hatred, race prejudice, race snobbery, racial discrimination, racialism, racism, red-baiting, segregation, sex discrimination, social barrier, social discrimination, superpatriotism, ultranationalism, white power, white supremacy, xenophobia

Translations

 * Arabic: عنصرية جنسية
 * Armenian: սեռական խտրականություն
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 性別歧視, 性别歧视
 * Croatian:
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 * German:
 * Hebrew: אפליה מינית
 * Irish: ,


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 性差別
 * Korean: 성 차별
 * Persian: جنسیت‌گرایی
 * Polish: seksizm
 * Portuguese: sexismo
 * Russian: сексизм
 * Spanish: sexismo
 * Thai: เพศนิยม
 * Vietnamese: phân biệt giới tính

Related terms

 * sex
 * sexist

Coordinate terms

 * ableism
 * ageism
 * alphabetism
 * bigotry
 * chauvinism
 * misogyny


 * misandry
 * discrimination
 * heterosexism
 * homophobia
 * racism
 * religionism