heightism

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. informal,uncountable
    — It is obvious that the dimensions of inequality could be extended to include a great many differences such as heightism where people who are taller are superior to people who are shorter, and so forth.

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kewk-
Proto-Indo-European *kówk-o-s
Proto-Germanic *hauhaz
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂der.
Proto-Germanic *-iþō
Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō
Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu
Old English hīehþu
Middle English heighte
English height
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English heightism
From height + -ism.
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