rankism

The word rankism gets at the heart of what all the other "isms" in our lives are about.

uuworld.org: latest stories 2009

These stories broke practically simultaneously, emphasizing, for me, the importance of paying attention to this theme -- which was, no, not the tiresomely repetitive theme of public men's private sexual escapades, but the tiresomely repetitive theme of abuse of power -- abuse of the power and privilege that come with rank, now known as rankism.

Pamela Gerloff: If This Were A Dream, What Would It Mean? Pamela Gerloff 2011

Another expression of rankism occurs when the abuse lies not in how rank is used, but in the very fact of ranking in the first place.

Robert Fuller: Somebodies and Nobodies: Understanding Rankism 2009

Some people, upon hearing the word rankism, reflexively exclaim, "We don't need another

uuworld.org: latest stories 2009

Another expression of rankism occurs when the abuse lies not in how rank is used, but in the very fact of ranking in the first place.

The Republic of T. 2010

"rankism" - which, instead of seeing the world in black and white, sees it populated with "somebodies and nobodies."

The Republic of T. 2010

The day we pin the label "rankism" on indignifying behaviors (as women pinned "sexism" on a range of disempowering behaviors), will mark the beginning of its demise.

Robert Fuller: Peaceful Revolution: What Are Moms Rising Against? 2009

By analogy, the term "rankism" denotes abuse and discrimination based on rank.

Robert Fuller: Peaceful Revolution: What Are Moms Rising Against? 2009

(If it's new to you, google "rankism" and see where the meme is taking hold.)

Robert Fuller: Why Do We Want to Be Famous? 2009

While much of the conversation around Prof. Gates 'arrest has centered on race, we might also examine the role "rankism" plays into this conundrum.

Byron Williams: The Gates Affair: Was it Racism or Rankism? 2009