Fatphobia is an English word. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Fatphobia in a sentence
Fatphobia meaning
- Fear and/or dislike of obese people and/or obesity.
- Fear or obsessive avoidance of consuming fat.
Using Fatphobia
- The main meaning on this page is: Fear and/or dislike of obese people and/or obesity. | Fear or obsessive avoidance of consuming fat.
Context around Fatphobia
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fatphobia
- In this selection, "fatphobia" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rooted, course, shaming and diet stand out and add context to how "fatphobia" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ageism homophobia fatphobia and hatred and body shaming fatphobia diet culture. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fatphobia" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fatphobia
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Of course, fatphobia is far from dead now. (8 words)
How do you tackle fatphobia when you come across it? (10 words)
But it was impossible to separate the kids’ classes I took from my underlying shame, vulnerability, and deeply rooted fatphobia. (20 words)
So, I was shocked, but I shouldn’t have been because I do know that fatphobia has existed in the Western world since the 18th century and it has overwhelmingly targeted Black women in history. (35 words)
So much of that time period is characterised by body shaming, fatphobia, diet culture and toxic beauty ideals that were projected onto female celebrities and then, in turn, passed down to young, impressionable minds. (34 words)
It provides the platform for expression of a shared vision – of a world free from racism, sexism, ableism, ageism, homophobia, fatphobia and hatred,” said Dawn Robertson, CEO of Constitution Hill. (30 words)
How do you tackle fatphobia when you come across it? (10 words)
Example sentences (7)
But it was impossible to separate the kids’ classes I took from my underlying shame, vulnerability, and deeply rooted fatphobia.
Of course, fatphobia is far from dead now.
So, I was shocked, but I shouldn’t have been because I do know that fatphobia has existed in the Western world since the 18th century and it has overwhelmingly targeted Black women in history.
So much of that time period is characterised by body shaming, fatphobia, diet culture and toxic beauty ideals that were projected onto female celebrities and then, in turn, passed down to young, impressionable minds.
How do you tackle fatphobia when you come across it?
The sheet reads: "Western Wear Night House Rules: We do not tolerate racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, fatphobia or general hatefulness.
It provides the platform for expression of a shared vision – of a world free from racism, sexism, ableism, ageism, homophobia, fatphobia and hatred,” said Dawn Robertson, CEO of Constitution Hill.