slut-shaming

noun

The act of making a person (especially a woman) feel guilty or inferior for sexual activity, desires, expression, or circumstances that deviate from traditional or orthodox gender expectations or religious or cultural standards.

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Meanings

nounslut-shaming (uncountable)

alternative slut shaming · alternative slutshaming

  1. uncountableThe act of making a person (especially a woman) feel guilty or inferior for sexual activity, desires, expression, or circumstances that deviate from traditional or orthodox gender expectations or religious or cultural standards.

    But now the hit musical Grease has become the latest target of ‘woke’ critics who have condemned it for racism, sexism, homophobia and ‘slut-shaming’.

    2021 January 2, Katie Hind, “Grease is 'racist, rapey, homophobic and slut-shaming' and should never be shown on TV again, say woke snowflakes”, in The Daily Mail
verb

alternative slut shaming · alternative slutshaming

  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of slut-shame

Translations

Italian slut-shaming, umiliazione da sgualdrina
  • slut-shamingact of making a woman feel inferior for sexual activity and desires
  • umiliazione da sgualdrinaact of making a woman feel inferior for sexual activity and desires
  • stigma della puttanaact of making a woman feel inferior for sexual activity and desires
Polish slut-shaming
  • slut-shamingact of making a woman feel inferior for sexual activity and desires
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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