Usually means: Discrimination based on gender identity.
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  1. sexism: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sexism: Merriam-Webster
  3. sexism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sexism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sexism: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sexism: Vocabulary.com
  7. Sexism, sexism: Wordnik
  8. sexism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sexism: Wiktionary
  10. sexism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. sexism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. sexism: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. sexism: Dictionary.com
  14. sexism: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Sexism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. sexism: Rhymezone
  17. sexism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. sexism: FreeDictionary.org
  19. sexism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. sexism: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sexism: Legal dictionary

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  1. sexism: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sexism: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sociology (No longer online)
  2. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)

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  1. sexism: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See sexisms as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The belief that people of one sex or gender are inherently superior to others.
noun:  Discrimination or different treatment based on sex or gender, especially discrimination against women.
noun:  Attitudes or actions that are based on or promote the expectation that people adhere to stereotypical social roles (gender roles) based on sex.

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