Prejudice or discrimination against someone on the basis of their height.
身高歧视
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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
heightist
adjective & noun
Now you run the risk of being called heightist by the vertically challenged.
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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.
Definition of heightism in US English:
heightism
nounˈhīdˌizəm
Prejudice or discrimination against someone on the basis of their height.
身高歧视
Example sentencesExamples
Further details, for those interested in the effects of heightism are available here.
It is interesting that you brought up heightism in your email.
Of course, height enhancers could speak out against heightism, while still relieving short children of the burden of growing up short.