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Meaning of healthism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The use of propaganda and coercion (as by government or advertising) to impose established norms of health.
    uncountable
  2. An excessive preoccupation with one's health.
    derogatory, uncommon, uncountable
  3. Discrimination on the basis of one's health status.
    derogatory, uncommon, uncountable

Examples

“The locals are not much restrained by the old puritanical or Protestant code. Instead, they have constructed their own ethos of environmentalism, healthism, and egalitarianism that makes it bad form to spend money lavishly or live ostentatiously.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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