Meaning & use

sexist

adjective·Academic

Showing prejudice or discrimination against people, usually women, on the basis of their sex.

See it in a sentence

The company was criticized for its sexist hiring practices that favored male applicants.

He apologized after making a sexist joke at the meeting.

A note on using this word

Sexist can describe attitudes, remarks, or policies, or, as a noun, a person who holds such attitudes.

Words with a similar meaning

chauvinisticdiscriminatory

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Words with an opposite meaning

egalitarian

Another way to use it

2. noun

A person who holds prejudiced attitudes or acts in a discriminatory way toward people based on their sex.

Colleagues called him out for being a sexist after he dismissed her idea because she was a woman.

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