Home › Words › F › fattismfattismfattism means discrimination on the grounds of fatness.EtymologyFrom fat + -ism (by analogy with racism, sexism, etc.).nounDiscrimination on the grounds of fatness.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 79% match — Prejudice or discrimination based on body weight, usually in the form of bias against high weight (fattism or fatphobia). vs fattism →obeseism 79% match — discrimination against very fat people vs fattism →fattist 76% match — An advocate of fattism. vs fattism →fatmisia 74% match — Hatred of, or prejudice against, fat people. vs fattism →sizeism 66% match — Discrimination based on a person's size (such as height, girth, or weight). vs fattism →fattishness 65% match — The quality of being fattish. vs fattism →bodyism 63% match — Prejudice based on the appearance of someone's body vs fattism →lookism 63% match — Prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of a person's physical appearance. vs fattism →