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ableist en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈeɪ.bəl.ɪst/
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Etymology

From able + -ist, by analogy with racist, sexist, etc.

Meanings

1. Exhibiting or relating to ableism.
   • Beyoncé’s commitment to musical and visual storytelling did not “excuse her use of ableist language – language that gets used and ignored all too often”, wrote Diviney. 2022 August 1, Laura Snapes, quoting Hannah Diviney, “Beyoncé to change Renaissance lyric containing ableist slur”, in The Guardian:
   • The words "lame" and "spaz" are ableist slurs.

Forms

Translations (6)

fi vammaisia syrjivä (relating to ableism) · pt capacitista (relating to ableism) · el μισαναπηρικός (relating to ableism) · de ableistisch (relating to ableism) · fi ableistinen (relating to ableism) · es capacitista (relating to ableism)

ableist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈeɪ.bəl.ɪst/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From able + -ist, by analogy with racist, sexist, etc.

Meanings

1. One who exhibits ableism, or prejudice against the disabled.
   • Like racists and sexists, ableists discriminate against the disabled due only to the fact that they have disabilities and believe in the superior nature and abilities of nondisabled people. 2008, Susan Musser, Andrea B. DeMott, David M. Haugen, Rights of the Disabled:

Forms

Descendants

е́йбліст

Translations (3)

pt capacitista (one who exhibits ableism) · es capacitista (one who exhibits ableism) · fi ableisti (one who exhibits ableism)