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Meaning of cryptosexist | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Covertly sexist; not obviously sexist.

not-comparable, rare

Examples

“Much work of this kind has been appearing of late, especially made by women, so locked into formerly cryptosexist methodologies and iconographies is this art.”
“His other motives, whether crypto-sexist, racist, vegetarian, or whatever, need not concern us.”
“All things considered, however, most CMV proponents would likely borrow from Warren's critique of the logic of domination: the moral problem with humane farming, it could be argued, is that it relies upon a system of animal husbandry that remains despotic and prone to oppressive backsliding as it perpetuates speciesist hierarchy in a crypto-sexist vein.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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