Usually means: Discrimination based on a person's height.
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  1. heightism: Merriam-Webster
  2. heightism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. heightism: Collins English Dictionary
  4. heightism: Wiktionary
  5. heightism: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. heightism: Dictionary.com
  7. Heightism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. heightism: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (heightism)

noun:  (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.

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