What it means
- (noun) The belief that people of one sex or gender are inherently superior to others. “The notion that either gender is superior is sexism.”
- (noun) Discrimination or different treatment (e.g. in job opportunities) based on 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.”
- (noun) Attitudes or actions that are based on or promote the expectation that people adhere to stereotypical social roles (gender roles) based on sex. “the sexism of making and promoting violent films for men and romantic comedies for women”
Letter analysis
- Sexism contains 6 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
- It uses 5 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 15.
Related words
Other 6-letter words
- abacus
- abased
- abases
- abated
- abates
- abbess
- abbeys
- abbots
- abbrev
- abduct
- abhors
- abided
- abides
- abject
- abjure
- ablaze
- ablest
- abloom
Words starting with SEX
- sex
- sexagenarian
- sexagenarians
- sexed
- sexes
- sexier
- sexiest
- sexily
- sexiness
- sexing
- sexist
- sexists
- sexless
- sexpot
- sexpots
- sextant
- sextants
- sextet
See all words starting with SEX →
Words ending with ISM
Sub-words
Common questions
What does Sexism mean?
The belief that people of one sex or gender are inherently superior to others.
How many letters are in Sexism?
Sexism has 6 letters.
Solve more words
Find words from your own letters with our free puzzle tools.