thinspiration

[ thin-spuh-rey-shuhn ]

noun

1. photos, videos, advertisements, etc., intended to inspire a person to remain thin or to lose weight and become thin:

   Can thinspiration trigger an eating disorder?

Word History and Origins

Origin of thinspiration¹

First recorded in 1995–2000; blend of thin ( def ) and (in)spiration ( def )

Example Sentences

Those who absorb political news should be mindful of sifting for truth from spin or disinformation, and the same applies for consuming images and other messages about wellness, “thinspiration” and that “ideal thin standard of feminine beauty.”

From Scientific American

Instead, it’s Adele is a “thinspiration”.

From The Guardian

The star, who turns 50 next month, gives daily thinspiration tips while streaming her fitness workouts on her Instagram.

From Fox News

It was Austen’s rebuttal to a body fad sweeping the fashionable circles of her day, the Regency equivalent of thinspiration, which glorified the same sickly-thin shapes strutting across many runways and magazines today.

From Washington Post

You may recoil from Ellen’s sallow complexion and ravaged physique, and still be struck by Collins’ beauty — a beauty that, according to some early critics of “To the Bone,” runs the risk of glamorizing her struggle and turning Ellen into an avatar of what is known online as “thinspiration,” an anorexic’s physical ideal.

From Los Angeles Times