Meanings
- uncountableThe acceptance and appreciation of all types of human body (associated with fat acceptance)
And she is owning her look. An icon of body positivity who once cloaked her curves under neon tone track suits and hoodies, she appears to be done with all that.
2021 May 4, Ruth La Ferla, “On That Bombshell Billie Eilish Cover for British Vogue”, in The New York Times, →ISSN1 more example
[…] I am engaging in what has become a new and unhealthy ritual: scrolling through Instagram and trying to work out which of the people behind accounts I once followed for their body positivity content are now taking weight-loss drugs.
2025 August 10, Rose Stokes, “I thought we’d entered the age of body positivity. Then came ‘shrinking girl summer’ – is everyone getting smaller except me?”, in The Guardian, →ISSNSynonyms: BoPo
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe acceptance and appreciation of all types of human body (associated with fat acceptance)
Translations
Catalan positivitat corporal
- positivitat corporalacceptance of all body types
Finnish kehopositiivisuus
- kehopositiivisuusacceptance of all body types
French body positive
- body positiveacceptance of all body types
German Body Positivity, Körperliebe
- Body Positivityacceptance of all body types
- Körperliebeacceptance of all body types
Polish ciałopozytywność
- ciałopozytywnośćacceptance of all body types
Russian бодипозитив
- бодипозитив (bodipozitiv)acceptance of all body types
Swedish kroppspositivism
- kroppspositivismacceptance of all body types
Cite this entry
body positivity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/body%20positivity
“body positivity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/body%20positivity. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “body positivity,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/body%20positivity.
Source: body positivity on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.