heightismn.
/ˈhʌɪtɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈhɑɪˌtɪz(ə)m/ Originally U.S.
Prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of a person's height; esp. discrimination against short people.
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1971 S. Feldman in Admin. Sci. Q. 26 (1981) 631 (title) The presentation of shortness in everyday life—Height and heightism in American society.
1984 W. Deverell Dance Shiva (1986) i. 7 I am the shortest person in the firm..a victim of heightism on the part of bigots.
1997 Guardian 26 May i. 19/4 Britain is fast catching on to the new etiquette involved in rooting out sexism, racism, stoutism and heightism, wherever it exists.
2005 Independent (Nexis) 6 Dec. 74 Crouch was, after all, a victim of ‘heightism’ and worse.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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