heightism
English
noun
Definitions
- (informal) A prejudiced attitude about human height that often results in discrimination, based on the belief that unusually short or tall people are inferior and undesirable.
Etymology
Suffix from English height.
Origin
English
height
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aheight English
- height English
- height-fear English
- heighten English
- heightfield English
- heightist English
- heightless English
- heightmap English
- heightwise English
- high English
- isoheight English
- midheight English
- overheight English
- heighte Middle English