transableism

noun

Etymology

From trans- + able + -ism.

  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 transableism — “trans- + able + -ism

Definitions

  1. The desire to acquire a disability through choice rather than happenstance

    The desire to acquire a disability through choice rather than happenstance; the condition of having a body integrity identity disorder.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for transableism. 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