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looksist

looksist

English

Adjective

looksist (comparative more looksist, superlative most looksist)

  1. Forming prejudices based on a person's physical appearance.
    • 2007 August 26, Daphne Merkin, “The Politics of Appearance”, in New York Times:
      But it is also a wishful argument, a posture that is in denial, if you will, about the fact that we live in a profoundly surface-oriented, looksist culture that has permeated our way of perceiving those who would be in charge of our lives.

Noun

looksist (plural looksists)

  1. One who forms prejudices based on a person's physical appearance.