Discrimination And Prejudice

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noun a belief or attitude that one place is superior to others, often resulting in discrimination or prejudice against people from different places

  • Placeism is a form of discrimination based on a person's place of origin.
  • I don't like how some people show placeism towards others from different cities.
  • It's not cool to be all placeism on someone just because they're not from around here.
  • Treating people differently based on where they come from is like a subtle form of placeism.