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–adjective

1.	pertaining to, involving, or fostering sexism: a sexist remark; sexist advertising.

–noun

2.	a person with sexist attitudes or behavior.

[Origin: 1965–70; sex + -ist, on the model of racist

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sex·ism Audio Help (sěk'sĭz'əm) Pronunciation Key
n.

Discrimination based on gender, especially discrimination against women.
Attitudes, conditions, or behaviors that promote stereotyping of social roles based on gender.

sex'ist adj. & n.

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sexist

1965, on model of racist, coined by Pauline M. Leet, director of special programs at Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., in a speech which was circulated in mimeograph among feminists. Popularized by use in print in Caroline Bird's introduction to "Born Female" (1968).

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sexist
adjective
1.	discriminatory on the basis of sex (usually said of men's attitude toward women)
noun
1.	a man with a chauvinistic belief in the inferiority of women [syn: male chauvinist]

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ˈsexist adjective

showing contempt for the other sex
Example: a very sexist remark

Arabic:	مُهين للجِنْس الآخَر
Chinese (Simplified):	性别歧视的
Chinese (Traditional):	性別歧視的
Czech:	opovržlivý k druhému pohlaví
Danish:	kønsdiskriminerende
Dutch:	seksistisch
Estonian:	seksistlik
Finnish:	seksistinen
French:	sexiste
German:	sexistisch
Greek:	σεξιστικός, κατά του άλλου φύλου
Hungarian:	szexista
Icelandic:	sem gerir kynjum mishátt undir höfði
Indonesian:	pembenci lawan jenis
Italian:	sessista

Japanese:	性差別主義者
Korean:	성차별주의자의, 성차별적인
Latvian:	vienu dzimumu izceļošs
Lithuanian:	niekinantis priešingos lyties atstovus
Norwegian:	kjønnsdiskriminerende
Polish:	antyfeministyczny, *antymaskulinistyczny
Portuguese (Brazil):	sexista
Portuguese (Portugal):	sexista
Romanian:	sexist
Russian:	пренебрежительный к лицам другого пола
Slovak:	zástupca diskriminácie žien
Slovenian:	šovinističen
Spanish:	sexista
Swedish:	sexistisk
Turkish:	cinsiyet ayırımcısı