people-first language
nounEtymology
The term first appears in 1988, used by advocacy groups in the United States.
Definitions
Language that refers to people with disabilities by saying people first, for example…
Language that refers to people with disabilities by saying people first, for example "people with disabilities", instead of adjectives ("disabled people") and copulas ("he is disabled") that would give primacy to the disability.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for people-first language. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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