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heightism
[hahy-tiz-uhm]
noun
discrimination or prejudice based on a person's stature, especially discrimination against short people.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of heightism1
Example Sentences
But modern critics see the idea of a Napoleon complex as evidence of an ongoing pattern of height discrimination, or “heightism,” a term coined by sociologists in the 1970s.
Reading this far, you might be wondering how heightism exists in the real world.
Kimhi argues that, to address heightism, people need to start by "naming" the phenomenon — that is, "recognizing harmful experiences they suffer as related to height discrimination."
To comprehend how heightism can be both demonstrable and elusive, one need only look at the history of the United States.
There could be an upsurge in damaging heightism.
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