"ableist" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈeɪ.bəl.ɪst/ [US] Forms: more ableist [comparative], most ableist [superlative]
Etymology: able + -ist, by analogy with racist, sexist, etc. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|able|ist}} able + -ist, {{m|en|racist}} racist, {{m|en|sexist}} sexist Head templates: {{en-adj}} ableist (comparative more ableist, superlative most ableist)
  1. Exhibiting or relating to ableism. Categories (topical): Forms of discrimination Translations (relating to ableism): ableistinen (Finnish), vammaisia syrjivä (Finnish), ableistisch (German), μισαναπηρικός (misanapirikós) (Greek), capacitista (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ableist-en-adj-47594Dah Disambiguation of Forms of discrimination: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 50 50

Noun

IPA: /ˈeɪ.bəl.ɪst/ [US] Forms: ableists [plural]
Etymology: able + -ist, by analogy with racist, sexist, etc. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|able|ist}} able + -ist, {{m|en|racist}} racist, {{m|en|sexist}} sexist Head templates: {{en-noun}} ableist (plural ableists)
  1. One who exhibits ableism, or prejudice against the disabled. Categories (topical): Disability, Forms of discrimination, People Translations (one who exhibits ableism): ableisti (Finnish), capacitista (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ableist-en-noun-az2-z6Er Disambiguation of Disability: 10 90 Disambiguation of Forms of discrimination: 46 54 Disambiguation of People: 1 99 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 50 50

Inflected forms

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