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cybersexism

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Online participation in sexism.

rare, uncountable

Examples

The personal is still political, and cybersex and cybersexism are often too easily commingled.”
Chapter 9 situates these optimistic appraisals of the democratic potential of new media in relation to a darker side of cyberspacethe proliferation of cyberracism, cybersexism, cyberbullying, cyberstalking, and systemic surveillance.”
And while social media is a common method used to disseminate these examples of supportive mainstream articles, it is also unfortunately a space which enables abuse, misogyny and harassment, otherwise known as cybersexism or trolling.”

CEFR level

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