singlism

[Wilson Gray]

On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
> I wonder if she pronounces it as three syllables or four.  If the latter, which I suspect, shouldn't it be singleism?
>
> It's also a sort of odd word, as if it were based on "blackism", "poorism", "womanism", and "oldism" instead of "racism, "classism", "sexism", and "ageism".

Your incisive mind has pierced to the heart of the matter!
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