"baldist" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more baldist [comparative], most baldist [superlative]
Etymology: bald + -ist. Popularized by the television sitcom Seinfeld, in the episode "The Tape". Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bald|ist}} bald + -ist Head templates: {{en-adjective}} baldist (comparative more baldist, superlative most baldist)
  1. (humorous) Discriminatory against bald or balding people. Tags: humorous Categories (topical): Discrimination, People
    Sense id: en-baldist-en-adj-Zk1ACqPA Disambiguation of Discrimination: 86 14 Disambiguation of People: 46 54

Noun [English]

Forms: baldists [plural]
Etymology: bald + -ist. Popularized by the television sitcom Seinfeld, in the episode "The Tape". Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bald|ist}} bald + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} baldist (plural baldists)
  1. (humorous) One who discriminates against bald or balding people. Tags: humorous Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-baldist-en-noun-B~-figRR Disambiguation of People: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 82 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 20 80

Inflected forms

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