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HEIGHTISM

PRONUNCIATION: (HY-tiz-uhm)

MEANING: noun: Discrimination based on height, especially the unfair treatment of people who are short.

ETYMOLOGY: Coined by sociologist Saul Feldman, from height, from Old English hehthu (height), from heah (high). Earliest documented use: 1971.
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HIGHTISM - discrimination based on one's name (obsolete)

EIGHTISM - requirement that all mathematical statements shall be in Base 8

EIGHTISM (2) - monetary system based on the old Spanish dollar (real de ocho) and its parts; "two bits" = a quarter = 25 ¢

HEIGHTIST - synonym of aerialist, high-wire artist