Home › Words › B › bodyismbodyismbodyism means prejudice based on the appearance of someone's body.EtymologyFrom body + -ism.nounPrejudice based on the appearance of someone's bodye.g.“Politically, nothing is a more powerful distraction from the female conscience than focusing on bodyism.” — 2007, Stephanie Vermeulen, “Survival of the Prettiest”, in Kill the Princess, Seal Press, →ISBN, page 93:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.weightism 71% match — Prejudice or discrimination based on body weight, usually in the form of bias against high weight (fattism or fatphobia). vs bodyism →lookism 68% match — Prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of a person's physical appearance. vs bodyism →faceism 64% match — Prejudice based on the appearance of somebody's face. vs bodyism →obeseism 64% match — discrimination against very fat people vs bodyism →fattism 63% match — Discrimination on the grounds of fatness. vs bodyism →sizeism 62% match — Discrimination based on a person's size (such as height, girth, or weight). vs bodyism →lookist 62% match — Forming prejudices based on a person's physical appearance. vs bodyism →beardism 59% match — Prejudice against bearded people. vs bodyism →