Meanings
- uncountableHarassment in the form of unwelcome sexual advances or remarks.
All new hires at this job are trained on how to prevent and how to respond to sexual harassment.
1 more example
“As a result, OCR found that the district’s pattern of inconsistent responses to reports it received of sexual harassment – infrequently responding under Title IX or not responding at all – rose to the level that the district’s response to some families’ sexual harassment reports was deliberately indifferent to students’ civil rights,” a news release from DOE reads.
2024 November 14, Lauren del Valle, “After suicide of nonbinary teen, DOE finds multiple Title IX violations at Oklahoma school district”, in CNN
Translations
Arabic تَحَرُّش جِنْسِيّ
- تَحَرُّش جِنْسِيّ (taḥarruš jinsiyy)sexual harassment
Catalan assetjament sexual
- assetjament sexualsexual harassment
Chinese Cantonese 性騷擾 /性骚扰
- 性騷擾 /性骚扰sexual harassment
Chinese Mandarin 性騷擾 /性骚扰
- 性騷擾 /性骚扰 (xìngsāorǎo)sexual harassment
Dutch seksuele intimidatie, ongewenste intimiteiten
- seksuele intimidatiesexual harassment
- ongewenste intimiteitensexual harassment
Esperanto seksa mobingo
- seksa mobingosexual harassment
Finnish seksuaalinen häirintä
- seksuaalinen häirintäsexual harassment
French harcèlement sexuel
- harcèlement sexuelsexual harassment
German sexuelle Belästigung
- sexuelle Belästigungsexual harassment
Hebrew הַטְרָדָה מִינִית
- הַטְרָדָה מִינִיתsexual harassment
Hindi Eve teasing, only man on woman) ईव-टीज़िंग
- Eve teasing, only man on woman) ईव-टीज़िंग (īv-ṭīziṅg)sexual harassment
Indonesian pelecehan seksual
- pelecehan seksualsexual harassment
Irish ciapadh gnéasach
- ciapadh gnéasachsexual harassment
Italian molestia sessuale
- molestia sessualesexual harassment
Japanese セクシャルハラスメント, セクハラ
- セクシャルハラスメント (sekusharu harasumento)sexual harassment
- セクハラ (sekuhara)sexual harassment
Korean 성희롱
- 성희롱 (seonghuirong)sexual harassment
Lithuanian seksualinis priekabiavimas
- seksualinis priekabiavimassexual harassment
Malay gangguan seksual
- gangguan seksualsexual harassment
Norwegian Bokmål seksuell trakassering
- seksuell trakasseringsexual harassment
Polish molestowanie seksualne, napastowanie seksualne
- molestowanie seksualnesexual harassment
- napastowanie seksualnesexual harassment
Portuguese assédio sexual
- assédio sexualsexual harassment
Romanian hărțuire sexuală
- hărțuire sexualăsexual harassment
Russian сексуа́льные домога́тельства
- сексуа́льные домога́тельства (seksuálʹnyje domogátelʹstva)sexual harassment
Spanish acoso sexual, hostigamiento sexual
- acoso sexualsexual harassment
- hostigamiento sexualsexual harassment
Swedish sexuella trakasserier, sexuellt ofredande
- sexuella trakasseriersexual harassment
- sexuellt ofredandesexual harassment
Tamil பாலியல் துன்புறுத்தல்
- பாலியல் துன்புறுத்தல் (pāliyal tuṉpuṟuttal)sexual harassment
Thai การคุกคามทางเพศ
- การคุกคามทางเพศ (gaan-kúk-kaam-taang-pêet)sexual harassment
Turkish cinsel taciz
- cinsel tacizsexual harassment
Ukrainian сексуа́льні домага́ння
- сексуа́льні домага́ння (seksuálʹni domahánnja)sexual harassment
Vietnamese quấy rối tình dục
- quấy rối tình dụcsexual harassment
Welsh aflonyddwch rhywiol
- aflonyddwch rhywiolsexual harassment
Cite this entry
sexual harassment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexual%20harassment
“sexual harassment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexual%20harassment. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sexual harassment,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexual%20harassment.
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