singlism

English

Alternative forms

• singleism

Etymology

From single +‎ -ism.

Noun

singlism (uncountable)

1. Discrimination against and negative perception of single people and singlehood.
   • 2006, Bella DePaulo, Singled Out: How Singles are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After‎, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN:

     Singlism seems to seep into way too many of the nooks and crannies of a person's life and leave its stain. A job applicant shows up for an interview and is asked how he will feel at company social events when he is the only one without a spouse.

Quotations

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Derived terms

• singlist

Related terms

• single
• singlehood

Anagrams

• slimings, smilings