• Looksist

    Origin

    looks + -ist

    Full definition of looksist

    Adjective

    looksist

    1. Forming prejudices based on a person's physical appearance.
      • 2007, August 26, Daphne Merkin, The Politics of Appearance, But it is also a wishful argument, a posture that is in denial, if you will, about the fact that we live in a profoundly surface-oriented, looksist culture that has permeated our way of perceiving those who would be in charge of our lives.

    Noun

    looksist

    (plural looksists)
    1. One who forms prejudices based on a person's physical appearance.
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