anti-fat
Americanadjective
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Also fatphobic opposed, hostile, or averse to fatness and fat people.
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preventing or reducing the formation or effects of fat.
Etymology
Origin of anti-fat
First recorded in 1900–05, and in 1995–2000 anti-fat for def. 1; anti- ( def. ) + fat ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Academics say that anti-fat bias can have significant implications, from how people are perceived in job interviews to how doctors interact with them.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025
Amid the 1980s and early 1990s, consumers refrained from eating bacon or other processed pork products due to anti-fat and anti-nitrate scares.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2023
How did you approach illustrating the ways in which anti-fat bias and other intersecting systems of oppression especially harm Black people, Indigenous people, people of color and disabled people?
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
Studies have shown that, ironically, people who experience anti-fat bias tend to gain more weight over time.
From Scientific American ● May 19, 2022
What about the value of all anti-fat medicines?
From The Patient Observer And His Friends by Strunsky, Simeon
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