Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hairism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hairism
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Discrimination based on a person's hair type.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] hairism (the privileging of one hair type over another) becomes a norm in American society that most African Americans understand deeply but of which people of other races remain largely unaware."

Etymology

hair + -ism

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hair

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does hairism mean?: Discrimination based on a person's hair type.
Where does hairism come from?: hair + -ism

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