hairist

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noun

One who discriminates against people based on their hairstyle or hair color.

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Meanings

nounhairist (plural hairists)

plural hairists

  1. informalOne who discriminates against people based on their hairstyle or hair color.

    I just wouldn't go anywhere near a redhead. ¶ Now don't get me wrong and start calling me a hairist or something like that. Listen to what I have to say, then make up your mind.

    1991, Paul Jennings, “Ice Maiden”, in Unmentionable!: More Amazing Stories, New York, NY: Puffin Books, published 1995, →ISBN, page 1

Origin

From hair + -ist.

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APA

hairist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairist

MLA

“hairist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hairist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairist.

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