Healthism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The use of propaganda and coercion (as by government or advertising) to impose established norms of health. uncountable
  2. 2
    An excessive preoccupation with one's health. derogatory, uncommon, uncountable

    "The locals are not much restrained by the old puritanical or Protestant code. Instead, they have constructed their own ethos of environmentalism, healthism, and egalitarianism that makes it bad form to spend money lavishly or live ostentatiously."

  3. 3
    Discrimination on the basis of one's health status. derogatory, uncommon, uncountable

Example

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"The locals are not much restrained by the old puritanical or Protestant code. Instead, they have constructed their own ethos of environmentalism, healthism, and egalitarianism that makes it bad form to spend money lavishly or live ostentatiously."

Etymology

From health + -ism.

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