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Definition of Lookism
1. Noun. prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of a person's appearance ((term looks)) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lookism
1. discrimination based on physical appearance [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lookism
Literary usage of Lookism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Review (1846)
"... or " lookism " ( ? ). The word is more easy to pronounce; it sounds better to
the ear, and this was a great consideration to those who wished to put it ..."
2. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"There was nothing, he said, of which he had less ambition than a character
for /lookism and pedan try.—Mad. ..."
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