lookist

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adjective

Forming prejudices based on a person's physical appearance.

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Meanings

adjectivelookist (comparative more lookist, superlative most lookist)

comparative more lookist · superlative most lookist · alternative looksist

  1. Forming prejudices based on a person's physical appearance.

    Weldon was sent to profile Jordan and worried her subject was a simple reminder of Britain’s “shoddy, lookist, celebrity culture.”

    2008 March 16, Dwight Garner, “Inside the List”, in New York Times
nounlookist (plural lookists)

plural lookists · alternative looksist

  1. One who forms prejudices based on a person's physical appearance; somebody who judges people on looks.

    I don't blame racists, sexists, lookists, or any other “ists” for what they personify and perpetuate. They are mere hostages of their egos.

    2007, Fran Harris, Will the REAL You Please Stand Up?

Origin

From look + -ist.

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APA

lookist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lookist

MLA

“lookist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lookist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lookist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lookist.

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