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ableism

noun
/ˈeɪ.bə.lɪ.zəm/

Etymology

From able + -ism, modelled on racism, sexism, etc.

  1. derived from habilis — “easily managed, held, or handled; apt; skillful”
  2. derived from abile
  3. derived from able
  4. inherited from able
  5. formed as ableism — “able + -ism”

Definitions

  1. Discrimination or prejudice against individuals with physical, intellectual, psychiatric,…

    Discrimination or prejudice against individuals with physical, intellectual, psychiatric, or other disabilities.

    • [from late 20th c.]

  2. An instance of ableism.

    • Developing guidelines around which ableisms and favoritisms of abilities are ethical , e.g. which form and shape of competitiveness might be ethical and which might not, can be a useful tool for the governance of S&T.
    • And, as a media and communication PhD, I know this is because the English language itself is a media so biased, with ableisms so deeply built in, that roads (which seem to lead away from ableisms) in fact, lead directly back into them.

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Derived

ableist

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ableism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA