🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

性差別

Pronunciation / Transliteration: seisabetsu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sexism/ˈsɛk.sɪ.zəm/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"職場での性差別は許されない。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex.

    "She spoke out against workplace sexism and advocated for equal pay."
  2. 2

    The belief that one sex is superior to another.

    "Overcoming institutional sexism requires changing deep-seated cultural attitudes."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in the mid-20th century, the term is a blend of 'sex' (from Latin sexus) and the suffix '-ism' (derived from Greek -ismos, denoting a system, practice, or ideology). It emerged during the second-wave feminist movement in the United States around 1965, modeled explicitly on the earlier term 'racism' to describe systemic discrimination based on gender.

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