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ableism, n. orig. U.S.|ˈeɪb(ə)lɪz(ə)m|
Also able-ism.
[f. able a. + -ism, after racism n., sexism n.2, etc.]
Discrimination in favour of able-bodied persons; prejudice against or disregard of the needs of the disabled.
1981Off our Backs May 39/1 ‘Ableism’—that is, the systemic oppression of a group of people because of what they can or can not do with their bodies or minds—is the result of..ignorance. 1985S. E. Browne et al. With Power of each Breath 92 Sexism and able-ism work in concert to disqualify us from vast areas of social life. 1986Daily Tel. 8 Nov. 15/2 The Labour party in Haringey has come up with the ‘ism’ to cap the lot... ‘Ableism’, presumably coined to describe those sinners who discriminate in favour of able-bodied persons for jobs on building sites. 1993R. Hughes Culture of Complaint iii. 162 But certainly clause (3) made it clear that he was against racism, sexism, ableism, lookism and any of the other offences against social etiquette whose proscription by PC was already causing such mirth and laughter among the neo-conservatives.
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1981Off Our Backs May 35/1 One must imagine trying to show a woman with lower body paralysis that she is ‘accepted’ by saying, ‘We're all less strong than we'd like to be,’ to realize how ableist it is to say ‘We're all crazy’. 1990Rouge Winter 27/1 The cover design appears to be rather male-dominated, white, ableist and playing right into the homosexuality-only-leads-to-isolation-and-unhappiness brigade. |