Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

weightism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
weight-ism
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Prejudice or discrimination based on body weight, usually in the form of bias against high weight (fattism or fatphobia).

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English weight Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English weightism From weight + -ism.

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

sizeism

Questions

What does weightism mean?
Prejudice or discrimination based on body weight, usually in the form of bias against high weight (fattism or fatphobia).
Where does weightism come from?
Etymology tree English weight Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English weightism From weight + -ism.

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