ableism
Discrimination or prejudice against individuals with physical, intellectual,…Discrimination or prejudice against individuals with physical, intellectual, psychiatric, or other disabilities.
» A favorite tool in dealing with blatant racism is blatant ableism.
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2 senses(uncountable)Discrimination or prejudice against individuals with physical, intellectual, psychiatric, or other disabilities.
[from late 20th c.]
Ableismus, Disablismus
эйбли́змejblízm
ейблі́змejblízm
(countable)An instance of ableism.
- discrimination in favor of the able-bodied
Examples
3 sentencesA favorite tool in dealing with blatant racism is blatant ableism.
Ableism destroys families.
The site is international and primarily focuses on radical politics, with categories ranging from Ableism to War and Imperialism.
Translations
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Origin
From able + -ism, modelled on racism, sexism, etc.From able + -ism, modelled on racism, sexism, etc.
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Forms
plural: ableismsSynonyms
10 synonyms- discrimination in favor of the able-bodied:ablismable-bodiedismable-bodism
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.