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- noun
prejudice based on theappearance of someone'sbody
Etymologies
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Examples
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I am most curious about the hypocrisy of using lookism/bodyism/whateverism to make a left wing point.
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Her power is greatest working directly with the victims of ‘able-bodyism’, who become their own advocates and their own community organizers.
Sticks and Stones 2009
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'The suspicious circumstances which invest him, will be found to tally much better with my hypothesis of romantic busy-bodyism, than with the reasoner's suggestion of guilt.
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Elvaston Mews, SW7 020 7581 1243; bodyism.com Nadya Fairweather, 37, is the woman who got Princess Beatrice ready for last year's London Marathon, and the results were so good that the young Royal has stuck with her ever since.
Evening Standard - Home Eveie Longdon 2011
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The most common effect of this mock evangelical spirit, especially with young women, is self-inflation and busy-bodyism.
Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803
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One thing the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is known for in its everyday work, and certainly a crucial part of its annual Creating Change conference, is its broad focus on important issues other than gay rights, including, racism and sexism, affirmative action, ageism, bodyism and discrimination against fat people, and economic disparities.
Petrelis Files 2009
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"The suspicious circumstances which invest him, will be found to tally much better with my hypothesis of romantic busy-bodyism, than with the reasoner's suggestion of guilt.
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"fussiness," her energy annoyed him, and her well-meant interest in others appeared to him insufferable busy-bodyism.
Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes Maud Wilder Goodwin
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"perfect bodyism" ... but there is a special focus on women, who of course have always been encouraged to be obsessed with appearance wherever they have the means and the time ...
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"The suspicious circumstances which invest him, will be found to tally much better with my hypothesis of romantic busy-bodyism, than with the reasoner's suggestion of guilt.
Tales. 1845
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