Definitions
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- adjective Forming
prejudices based on a person's physical appearance. - noun One who forms
prejudices based on a person's physical appearance.
Etymologies
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Examples
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A man who hires a woman because she is pretty should be called a looksist.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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A man who hires a woman because she is pretty should be called a looksist.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Reasons to Be Pretty is part of a looksist trilogy that includes The Shape of Things and Fat Pig.
Reasons to Be Pretty; Juno and the Paycock; The Lion in Winter – review 2011
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To me it was fact and today I realized why: women have been completely brainwashed to believe that men are shallow, looksist beasts who all have exactly the same tastes and are completely incapable of loving someone in a full, mature sense.
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To me it was fact and today I realized why: women have been completely brainwashed to believe that men are shallow, looksist beasts who all have exactly the same tastes and are completely incapable of loving someone in a full, mature sense.
It Hurts Me, Too. 2008
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When did it become immoral, unethical, racist, sexist, ageist, looksist, weightest, smellist and tasteist to opine that some things are better than others?
DEPT OF PLUS CA CHANGE TEV 2007
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Really, I’m not a looksist – but where DO they find ALL these scary-looking people?
Firedoglake » BREAKING: Hayden to Be Named DCI Tomorrow 2006
bilby commented on the word looksist
Don't like.
August 23, 2022