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English

Noun

sexism (uncountable)

  1. The treating of a person or people of one sex differently from others of the opposite sex based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to the sex of the person or people so treated; often, but not always, by a man or men towards a woman or women.
    We can't hire him as a kindergarten teacher. Men just don't understand children.
    Girls are more mature than boys.

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