Meanings
comparative more looksist · superlative most looksist
- alternativeAlternative form of lookist.
Don Hanover's antiseptic models, dredged out of the gay community's most looksist and dehumanizing establishments.
1977 April 30, Cha Cha Heels, “Antiseptic Mannequins”, in Gay Community News, page 41 more example
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.
2007 August 26, Daphne Merkin, “The Politics of Appearance”, in New York Times
Origin
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