"ableism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈeɪ.bəl.ɪz.m̩/ [US]
Etymology: From able + -ism, patterned on racism, sexism, etc. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|able|ism}} able + -ism, {{m|en|racism}} racism, {{m|en|sexism}} sexism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} ableism (uncountable)
  1. Discrimination against persons with disabilities or in favour of those without. Wikipedia link: ableism Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Disability, Forms of discrimination Synonyms: disablism, able-bodyism, able-bodiedism, ablecentrism, ablism, ableism, anapirism, anapirophobia, handicapism Hypernyms: prejudice Hyponyms: audism, mentalism Derived forms: ableist Translations (discrimination against persons with disabilities): اَلتَّمْيِيزُ ضِدَّ ٱلْمُعَاقِينَ (at-tamyīzu ḍidda l-muʕāqīna) (Arabic), capacitisme [masculine] (Catalan), 體能歧視 (Chinese Mandarin), 体能歧视 (tǐnéng qíshì) (Chinese Mandarin), ableismus [masculine] (Czech), validisme [neuter] (Dutch), disablisme [neuter] (Dutch), kapablismo (Esperanto), handikapismo (Esperanto), vammaisten syrjintä (Finnish), ableismi (Finnish), validisme [masculine] (French), capacitisme [masculine] (French), Ableismus [masculine] (German), Disablismus [masculine] (German), μισαναπηρισμός (misanapirismós) (Greek), αναπηροφοβία (anapirofovía) (Greek), αρτιμελισμός (artimelismós) (Greek), ιμπελισμός (impelismós) (Greek), יֶכוֹלתַנוּת [masculine] (Hebrew), fogyatékosellenesség (Hungarian), abilismo [masculine] (Italian), 障害者差別 (shōgaisha sabetsu) (alt: しょうがいしゃさべつ) (Japanese), potestatismus [masculine] (Latin), handicapizm [masculine] (Polish), ableizm [masculine] (Polish), capacitismo [masculine] (Portuguese), ableísmo [masculine] (Portuguese), эйбли́зм (ejblízm) (Russian), ableizmus [masculine] (Slovak), abilizem [masculine] (Slovene), capacitismo [masculine] (Spanish), funkofobi [common-gender] (Swedish), ейблі́зм (ejblízm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), falidisme [neuter] (West Frisian)

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      ],
      "word": "ableizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "discrimination against persons with disabilities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capacitismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "discrimination against persons with disabilities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ableísmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ejblízm",
      "sense": "discrimination against persons with disabilities",
      "word": "эйбли́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "discrimination against persons with disabilities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ableizmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "discrimination against persons with disabilities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abilizem"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "discrimination against persons with disabilities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capacitismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "discrimination against persons with disabilities",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "funkofobi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ejblízm",
      "sense": "discrimination against persons with disabilities",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ейблі́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "discrimination against persons with disabilities",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "falidisme"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ableism"
}

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