"heightism" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

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  1. (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. Tags: informal, uncountable Hypernyms: sizeism, bias Related terms: short man syndrome Coordinate_terms: weightism Translations (Translations): 身高歧視 /身高歧视 (shēngāo qíshì) (Chinese Mandarin), dyskryminacja z powodu wzrostu [feminine] (Polish)
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          "ref": "2005, Betty M. Adelson, The Lives of Dwarfs: Their Journey from Public Curiosity Toward Social Liberation:",
          "text": "Given this background, how can dwarfs, beset by beautyism, heightism, and a succession of slights, move toward positive body images and self-esteem?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "word": "sizeism"
        },
        {
          "word": "bias"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "height",
          "height"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "shēngāo qíshì",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "身高歧視 /身高歧视"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dyskryminacja z powodu wzrostu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "heightism"
}

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