ableismnoun [ U ]
/ˈeɪ.bə.lɪ.zəm//ˈeɪ.bə.lɪ.zəm/unfair treatment of people because they have a disability (= an illness, injury, or condition that makes it difficult for them to do things that other people do):
We acknowledge that women are oppressed not just by sexism, but by classism, homophobia, racism, ageism, ableism, etc.
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Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly
- arbitrary
- be a bit much idiom
- bias
- biased
- blue-eyed boy
- ghettoize
- hate crime
- inequitable
- inequity
- injustice
- prejudicial
- sexism
- sexist
- shortchange
- slant
- unfair
- unjust
- unprovoked
- unsportsmanlike
- you're having a laugh idiom
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ableist
adjective /ˈeɪ.bə.lɪst//ˈeɪ.bə.lɪst/
An ableist society is one that treats non-disabled individuals as the standard of “normal living”.