Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable)Discrimination on the grounds of fatness.

More definitions
  • discrimination against people who are overweight

Origin

From fat + -ism (by analogy with racism, sexism, etc.).

From fat + -ism (by analogy with racism, sexism, etc.).

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Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • discrimination against people who are overweight:fatism

Word family

1 related words
Relatedfatphobia

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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