Why this word is great
SINGLISM — [Noun] The systemic discrimination and negative stereotyping of unmarried or unpartnered individuals. From single ("unmarried or unaccompanied") + -ism ("denoting discrimination or prejudice"), it is the quiet tax levied on those who dine alone, the raised eyebrow at a solo vacation, the assumption that a life without a plus-one is somehow incomplete. Unlike "solipsism" (a philosophical retreat into the self) or "singularity" (a point of technological transcendence), singlism is a social reality, not an abstraction. It is the couple-centric seating chart at weddings, the invasive "why aren’t you dating?" at family gatherings, the way a studio apartment feels like a consolation prize rather than a deliberate choice—proof that solitude is still mistaken for loneliness, and independence for deficiency.