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Meaning of "healthism" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF HEALTHISM

ˈhɛlθɪzəm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEALTHISM

noun
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Healthism is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HEALTHISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Healthism

Healthism, sometimes called public-healthism, is a neologism to describe a variety of ideological constructs concerning health and medicine. The term ‘healthism’ was most likely first used by the political economist Robert Crawford, whose article ‘Healthism and the medicalization of everyday life’ was published in 1980. In this article Crawford describes how the new political ideology, which emerged in the US during the 1970s, " the problem of health and disease at the level of the individual." The term is also known for its use in the 1994 book The Death of Humane Medicine and the Rise of Coercive Healthism by Petr Skrabanek. Skrabanek's use of "healthism", and most subsequent uses, are pejorative in intent. However, there is also a growing movement in the 21st century which see healthism as a positive empowering phenomenon which is not inherently coercive. This is exemplified through its popular uptake in the form of preventive medicine, yoga, meditation, fitness regimes, diets and the emphasis on lifestyle changes in mainstream Western society.

Definition of healthism in the English dictionary

The definition of healthism in the dictionary is a lifestyle that prioritizes health and fitness over anything else.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEALTHISM

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEALTHISM

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WORDS THAT END LIKE HEALTHISM

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Synonyms and antonyms of healthism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «healthism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEALTHISM

Find out the translation of healthism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of healthism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «healthism» in English.
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healthism
1,325 millions of speakers
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salutismo
570 millions of speakers
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healthism
510 millions of speakers
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healthism
380 millions of speakers
ar

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healthism
280 millions of speakers
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healthism
278 millions of speakers
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healthism
270 millions of speakers
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healthism
260 millions of speakers
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healthism
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Kesihatan
190 millions of speakers
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healthism
180 millions of speakers
ja

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healthism
130 millions of speakers
ko

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healthism
85 millions of speakers
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Kesehatan
85 millions of speakers
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healthism
80 millions of speakers
ta

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healthism
75 millions of speakers
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आरोग्यवाद
75 millions of speakers
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healthism
70 millions of speakers
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salutismo
65 millions of speakers
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healthism
50 millions of speakers
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healthism
40 millions of speakers
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healthism
30 millions of speakers
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healthism
15 millions of speakers
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healthism
14 millions of speakers
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healthism
10 millions of speakers
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healthism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of healthism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEALTHISM»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of healthism
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about healthism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEALTHISM»

Discover the use of healthism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to healthism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Inside Anorexia: The Experiences of Girls and their Families
Box 8.1 Healthism In western societies, a thin body is equated with being fit and healthy and it is considered an individual's responsibility to be healthy and, therefore, thin.This phenomenon is called “healthism.”163 Healthism messages are ...
Desiree Boughtwood, Christine Halse, Anne Honey, 2007
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Health and Exclusion: Policy and Practice in Health Provision
Healthism Healthism has been defined as the preoccupation with personal health as a primary—often the primary—focus for the definition and achievement of well-being; a goal which is to be attained primarily through the modification of life ...
David Banks, Michael Purdy, 2005
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Body Panic: Gender, Health, and the Selling of Fitness
It is here where the important concept of healthism must be introduced, as this book centrally combines an analysis of consumer culture, bodies, and social inequality with the concept of healthism from public health and medical sociology .
Shari L. Dworkin, Faye Linda Wachs, 2009
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Health Education: Critical Perspectives
“So what does this have to do with healthism?”, I hear the reader asking. In answer, underpinning racism and colonialism is biopower; in this context, the power to colonize justified upon the uncleanliness of the savage body (and thus the ...
Katie Fitzpatrick, Richard Tinning, 2014
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Pedagogy and Human Movement: Theory, Practice, Research
The possible implications ofthis are seen in the relationship between healthism and the so-called contemporary obesity crisis. Western lifestyles, healthism, and obesity in East Asia There is now ample evidence that many young people in East ...
Richard Tinning, 2009
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Targeting Immigrants: Government, Technology, and Ethics
This duty to be well is an ideology that sociologists have come to describe as healthism. According to Robert Crawford, healthism is defined . . . as the preoccupation with personal health as a primary – often the primary – focus for the definition ...
Jonathan Xavier Inda, 2008
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Physical Education, Curriculum And Culture: Critical Issues ...
Conclusion Crawford's (1986) conceptual categories of health as self-control and release have served a useful purpose in aiding the analysis of the presentation of healthism in Health-Based Physical Education. Through them, I have been ...
Richard Tinning, David Kirk, 2006
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Sport, Health and Drugs: A Critical Sociological Perspective
The ideology of healthism, it is argued, serves to focus attention on individual responsibility for our own health and, simultaneously, to divert attention away from wider social processes—for example, poverty, unemployment, industrial pollution, ...
Ivan Waddington, Andy Smith, 2013
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Corporeality, Medical Technologies and Contemporary Culture
Responsibilisation is crucial in healthism, which fosters individual responsibility and blame for one's health. Robert Crawford is credited as the first person to have used the term 'healthism' in 1980 to describe the moralisation of health within ...
Francisco Ortega, 2013
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Translating Chronic Illness Research into Practice
Healthism denies the social and cultural constraints that people with chronic illness experience against 'choosing' healthy practices and life styles. Under a regime of healthism, individuals experience intense social pressures to act in such a ...
Debbie Kralik, Barbara Paterson, Vivien Coates, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEALTHISM»

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Wheat, meat, now milk – what's safe to eat in the 21st century?
In academia this is called “healthism.” Her students are so desperate to unlock the secret to healthy eating that in the sociology of food classes ... «The Globe and Mail, Apr 15»
2
Should I let my children try alcohol?
Coercive healthism is a non-starter, though legions of miserable folk seem ever so enthusiastic for it. No wallop, no gaspers, what next? Reply | «The Guardian, Apr 15»
3
When Festivus was recognized as a religion for several months
... religious justification for the kosher food, King said he was an adherent to “healthism,” a term his attorney later acknowledged King made up. «Constitution Daily, Dec 14»
4
Breast Cancer Screening
... one early critic, Petr Skrabanek, described it as a technique of 'coercive healthism', a demonstration of the power of the state over individuals. «London Review of Books, May 14»
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I May Be Fat, And I May Teach People About Nutrition, But I Am Not …
... at this issue, they are not actually angry about health -- they are angry about the loss of status they would sustain if we eliminated healthism. «xoJane, May 14»
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Editorial: Hayden for OC Superior Court
The inmate claimed his dubious religion – which he called “healthism” – justified his request. And while Judge Johnson rejected healthism as a ... «OCRegister, Apr 14»
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Greece Allows Smoking Areas in Bars, Clubs, Casinos, Lotto
Then the EU and the WHO had the Boston school of public healthism go to Athens and ensure the ban was being implemented before any ... «Greek Reporter, Mar 14»
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The Trouble With Juice Cleanses
These days, juice is so much more than liquified fruits and vegetables. It's a status symbol, an offering at the altar of healthism, and a pretty ... «Bustle, Nov 13»
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You've Heard of Racism and Sexism — But What About Healthism?
On the Health at Every Size blog yesterday, health education professor Fall Ferguson takes a look at “healthism,” which could be thought of as ... «Bustle, Nov 13»
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11 upstart religions rooted in pop culture
After a plea in the name of "healthism" failed, California inmate Malcolm Alarmo King was awarded double portions of kosher meals after ... «The Week Magazine, Jan 13»
REFERENCE
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