voicism

English

Etymology

voice +‎ -ism

Noun

voicism (uncountable)

  1. Discrimination against and negative perception of people based on how their voices sound.
    • 1995, Pam Ayres, "Permit me my wrinkles", The Independent, 13 October 1995:
      Yet I hardly ever see a reference to myself in the press without some put-down relating to my voice. Make way for the Bucolic Bard, the Rustic Rhymster, the Shakespeare of the Shires. It is irritating after 20 years. But, Mrs Shephard, despite all my years of fighting "voicism", I would not want all the wrinkles ironed out of our language.
    • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:voicism.

Derived terms
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.