Thursday, June 7, 2012

Vocab: Lookism

look•ism
Pronunciation: (look'iz-um),[key]—n.discrimination or prejudice based on a person's physical appearance.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.Read more: lookism: meaning and definitions — Infoplease.com http://dictionary.infoplease.com/lookism#ixzz1x7aT42dt

look·ism noun \ˈlu̇-ki-zəm\Definition of LOOKISM : prejudice or discrimination based on physical appearance and especially physical appearance believed to fall short of societal notions of beauty

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