Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not discriminating on the basis of gender.
- adjective Not promoting sexual stereotypes.
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- adjective Not
sexist . - noun One who is not a sexist.
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Examples
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This makes it very, very much * not* favored amongst people who are sensitive enough to identity politics to be pioneering and insisting upon the use of nonsexist language.
Singular “they” and the many reasons why it’s correct « Motivated Grammar 2009
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Instruction in English, at a multicultural, nonsexist approach, global perspectives be incorporated, a minimum educational program as defined under § 256.11, a comprehensive curriculum for grades K-6, 7 – 8 and 9 – 12 from traditional course offerings to instruction in acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Third Circuit Upholds Injunction of Threatened “Sexting” Prosecution 2010
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Instruction in English, at a multicultural, nonsexist approach, global perspectives be incorporated, a minimum educational program as defined under § 256.11, a comprehensive curriculum for grades K-6, 7–8 and 9–12 from traditional course offerings to instruction in acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Third Circuit Upholds Injunction of Threatened “Sexting” Prosecution 2010
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They are two flawed people, so there are nonracist, nonsexist reasons for opposing them.
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In one course called “Male and Female in Religion,” she asked her students to create a nonsexist religious service for their school.
Annette Daum. 2009
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Fair and balanced and nonsexist, nonracist, right?
March 2009 2009
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Just because women aren't being referred to as bitches and hos, and being pinched on the bottoms and asked to get coffee for the men, doesn't make a nonsexist institution.
If you don't see it, you're part of the problem. Angry Professor 2008
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Of course men do not have a control set when they ascribe nonsexist motives to their interactions either.
If you don't see it, you're part of the problem. Angry Professor 2008
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They debate in the most gentlemanly and nonsexist way possible the hotness factors of the women on Battlestar Galactica.
Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games: November 2008 Archives 2008
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He has fought any idea of a female face of God, nonsexist liturgy, and the validity of the highly regarded field of feminist theology, essentially founded by Catholic women.
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