looksist

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A form of lookist — Forming prejudices based on a person's physical appearance.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectivelooksist (comparative more looksist, superlative most looksist)

comparative more looksist · superlative most looksist

  1. 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 4
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    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
nounlooksist (plural looksists)

plural looksists

  1. alternativeAlternative form of lookist.

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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