Word family noun sex sexism sexist sexuality sexiness bisexual bisexuality homosexual homosexuality adjective sexist sexual bisexual homosexual sexy sexless verb sex adverb sexually sexily
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsexistsex‧ist /ˈseksɪst/ noun [countable] SYPREJUDICEDsomeone who believes that one sex is weaker, less intelligent, or less important than the other, and treats them unfairly because of this – used to show disapproval —sexist adjective sexist attitudesExamples from the Corpus
sexist• And, of course, he was a sexist.• Farrakhan has long been controversial for remarks that many consider anti-Semitic, racist and sexist.• She vows to continue her fight against those she calls 'the racists and sexists who dominate the church'.• Come on, Jack, don't be sexist.• I also don't mean to be sexist because the same scenario works when the sexes are reversed.• A new female editor found it sexist.• Once again we see here that contradictoriness is no barrier to the maintenance of sexist stereotypes.• My ex-husband was a real sexist, who didn't think our daughters should have jobs at all.• Very sexist of you to assume otherwise, if I may say so.• These studies concentrated on images of women, a type of criticism which views films as cultural forms imbued with sexist ideology. 