fattismn.
/ˈfatɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈfædɪzəm/ Prejudice or discrimination against fat people; also occasionally, (advocacy of) the interests of fat people collectively.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [noun] > fat or plump shape or physique > advocacy of interests of fat people
fattism1988
1988 R. J. Freedman Bodylove iv. 85 Looksism gives birth to fatism, another cruel stereotype that affects us all.
1988 Time 25 July 67/1 What she [sc. Rita Freedman] calls fattism, an inclination to associate thinness with prettiness and goodness, and obesity with lassitude and lack of discipline.
1989 Times 16 Oct. 15/1 (heading) Shelley Bovey, the author of the latest attack against ‘fatism’.
1990 Times 23 Aug. 21/4 Guy.., striking a blow for fatism, complained: ‘Fat people are human. I shouldn't be discriminated against because of my size.’
Derivatives
ˈfattist n. and adj. (a) n. one who practises fattism; (b) adj. characterized by fattism.
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1987 Spare Rib Oct. 5 Fatist is a refreshing new word to me, as opposed to fattest which is far more familiar.
1989 Daily Tel. 17 Mar. 25/6 Mr Lawson has been the subject of grossly fattist caricatures in the popular prints, especially this week.
1990 Sunday Express Mag. 25 Mar. 21/1 She..can't help fuming at the ‘smallmindedness’ of fattists in much the same way as she is infuriated by the apologetic selection of clothes for women of unapologetic proportions.
1990 Gay Times Nov. 71/2 Now Ms Wood looks smarter and has lost so much weight, some of her fattist pieces lose their credibility.
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