Meanings
alternative sizism
- uncountableDiscrimination based on a person's size (such as height, girth, or weight).
Sizeism is hard to avoid on dating apps such as Grindr and Tinder, where users commonly forbid men under 6ft from contacting them. Tinder even made a 2019 April Fool’s joke about launching a “height verification” update that would prevent guys from exaggerating their stature.
2019 June 21, Adrienne Matei, “In praise of short men: will the rise of 'short kings' spell the fall of toxic masculinity?”, in The Guardian
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sizeism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sizeism
“sizeism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sizeism. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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