manualismn.
/ˈmanjʊəˌlɪz(ə)m/, /ˈmanjᵿˌlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈmænjə(wə)ˌlɪzəm/ A method of teaching or communication with or between deaf people by means of sign language. Also: a manual sign. Cf. oralism n.
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the mind > language > a language > [noun] > sign language > teaching of the deaf using sign language, etc.
manualism1883
oralism1883
manual method1902
1883 Amer. Ann. Deaf & Dumb Apr. 93 Go utterly voiceless through all his life, with the mental education which manualism can at least give him.
1975 Canad. Psychiatric Assoc. Jrnl. 20 82/1 Some staff in a mental health setting should be trained in ‘manualisms’ but all can reach out to the deaf child.
1996 PC World Aug. 31/3 Oralists advocated the exclusive use of speech and the active banning of sign language in the teaching of deaf children... This shift from manualism to oralism not coincidentally involved the jettisoning of Deaf teachers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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