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• body shaming
  body shaming

  noun

  negative, critical, or mocking comments and behavior about someone's body shape, size, or appearance.
• body-shaming
  body-shaming

  adjective

  relating to or characterized by negative, critical, or mocking comments and behavior about someone's body shape, size, or appearance.

body shaming

¹ American  

[bahd-ee shaym-ing] / ˈbɑd i ˈʃeɪm ɪŋ /

noun

1. negative, critical, or mocking comments and behavior about someone's body shape, size, or appearance.

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body-shaming ² American  

[bahd-ee shaym-ing] / ˈbɑd i ˌʃeɪm ɪŋ /

adjective

1. relating to or characterized by negative, critical, or mocking comments and behavior about someone's body shape, size, or appearance.

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Example Sentences

Body shaming is awful whether your illness is visible or invisible.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2022

Body shaming yourself: How to fight the ‘pervasive sense that there’s something wrong with you’

From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2021

Body shaming is terrible, but it was almost reassuring to read this interview because I very much understood.

From The Verge • Mar. 6, 2020

"Body shaming is no longer cool or funny," he argues.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2018

"I am wondering if I should show the picture... Body shaming is always wrong!"

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2017