Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable)Discrimination and oppression against people who have, or who are labelled or perceived as having, a mental illness.

Origin

From sane + -ism, by analogy with racism and sexism.

From sane + -ism, by analogy with racism and sexism.

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Word family

1 related words
Relatedsanist

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