voicism

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noun

Discrimination against and negative perception of people based on how their voices sound.

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Meanings

nounvoicism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableDiscrimination against and negative perception of people based on how their voices sound.
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    Yet I hardly ever see a reference to myself in the press without some put-down relating to my voice. Make way for the Bucolic Bard, the Rustic Rhymster, the Shakespeare of the Shires. It is irritating after 20 years. But, Mrs Shephard, despite all my years of fighting "voicism", I would not want all the wrinkles ironed out of our language.

    1995 October 13, Pam Ayres, “Permit me my wrinkles”, in The Independent

Origin

From voice + -ism.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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