Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crypto-sexism

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables: cryp-to--sex-ism
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sexism that is unofficial and unobvious.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"This is in no way a manifestation of crypto-sexism but a simple consequence of the direction of the precession of the equinoxes."
"[…] Gund has struggled to assert herself as a woman in a family and a professional world dominated by men, and reports preceding her election that she would not be an effective fund-raiser for MOMA struck her as familiar crypto-sexism."
"For fifty years, patriarchy has been telling women to get back to the kitchen, first in genuine outrage, and then with the type of ironic cryptosexism that is supposed to be amusing: get back in there and make us a sandwich, dear."

Etymology

From crypto- + sexism.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: crypto

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does crypto-sexism mean?: Sexism that is unofficial and unobvious.
Where does crypto-sexism come from?: From crypto- + sexism.

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