Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prosexist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-s-ex-ist
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

In favour of sexism.

Example Sentences

"Prosexist symbolization was present throughout Western society; feminism used scientific knowledge & social scientific methods to criticize & explain these symbolizations."
"Walzer's critigue of sexism would be explained and justified, against a conventionalist prosexist alternative, by my account of moral explanation."
"However, this scale was shortened to 30 items (16 prosexist and 14 antisexist statements) by Parker (1996), based on pilot work, because a small sample of Canadian university students judged 10 of the original statements to be inappropriate in the mid-1990s."

Etymology

From pro- + sexist.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pro

Questions

What does prosexist mean?: In favour of sexism.
Where does prosexist come from?: From pro- + sexist.

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