Definition of heightism in English:
heightism
noun ˈhʌɪtɪz(ə)mˈhīdˌizəm
mass nounPrejudice or discrimination against someone on the basis of their height.
Example sentencesExamples
- Further details, for those interested in the effects of heightism are available here.
- Of course, height enhancers could speak out against heightism, while still relieving short children of the burden of growing up short.
- It is interesting that you brought up heightism in your email.
Derivatives
adjective & noun
Now you run the risk of being called heightist by the vertically challenged.
Example sentencesExamples
- Any protagonist that isn't of normal height is censored so that the evil empire can continue with its heightist agenda.
- This blatant, and rather pathetic, display of part-building earned him scorn from his vertically challenged friends who later accused him of selling-out to heightist society.
- I have been disgusted for years by the way the short and the fat (and especially the short AND fat) are treated by the bigots of the world - the fattists and heightists.
- He must have heard every heightist comment a billion times but still he keeps smiling.