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disability en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/dɪsəˈbɪlɪti/
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Etymology

Circa 1570 disable + -ity.

Meanings

(countable, qualifier:medical model of disability) A condition characterised by a significant limitation in a person's physical or intellectual powers or ability.
- people with disabilities
- Chatham refused to see him, pleading his disability. The King himself intervened by a letter[…]Chatham yielded to such persuasion; though suffering from a universal tremor. 1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC:
(uncountable) The state of having such a condition; the state of being disabled.
- While physical and sensory disability is usually identified by asking a subject what he or she can or cannot do (with or without assistance), cognitive disability is assessed with a test such as a mental status questionnaire (MSQ). 1992, Joan C. Cornoni-Huntley et al., “Epidemiology of disability in the oldest old”, in The Oldest Old, page 278:
(countable, qualifier:social model of disability) A limitation in function (the things that a person can do or achieve) that is driven by any combination of their impairments (the medical facts about them) and the imperfect state of society's inaccessibility that sometimes fails to accommodate their needs.
(countable, obsolete) An inability.
- Grossest faults, or disabilities to perform what was covenanted. 1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:
(countable) A lack of legal qualification to do something; legal incapacity or incompetency.
(countable, qualifier:jurisprudence) A lack of legal qualification to do something; legal incapacity or incompetency. ▸ A duty to refrain from altering a person's legal relations; correlative of an immunity.
(informal, uncountable) Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state.
- Did you get your disability this month?
- I had to go on disability after the accident.

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Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
disabilities	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (70)

fi vajaavaltaisuus (legal incapacity or incompetency) · hu fogyatékosság (state of being disabled) · ml വികലത (state of being disabled) · sh invalidnost (legal incapacity or incompetency) · hu jogképesség hiánya (legal incapacity or incompetency) · tpi bagarap long bodi (state of being disabled) · fi vammaisuus (state of being disabled) · fi vammaiseläke (regular payments received by a disabled person) · mi hauātanga (state of being disabled) · hu rokkantság (state of being disabled) · ja 障害 (state of being disabled) · de Invalidität (legal incapacity or incompetency) · fi työkyvyttömyyseläke (regular payments received by a disabled person) · fi toimintakyvyn haitta (mental condition) · ro handicap (legal incapacity or incompetency) · ca discapacitat (state of being disabled) · ru посо́бие по инвали́дности (regular payments received by a disabled person) · pt incompetência (legal incapacity or incompetency) · fi häiriö (mental condition) · vi khuyết tật (state of being disabled) · es incapacidad (legal incapacity or incompetency) · hu akadályoztatás (legal incapacity or incompetency) · tr engellilik (state of being disabled) · hi विकलांगता (state of being disabled) · de Behinderung (state of being disabled) · tr sakatlık (legal incapacity or incompetency) · hu értelmi fogyatékosság (mental condition) · sh invalidska penzija (regular payments received by a disabled person) · hu fogyatékkal élés (state of being disabled) · tpi bagarap long skin (state of being disabled) · pl renta (regular payments received by a disabled person) · lt neįgalumas (state of being disabled) · bg неправоспособност (legal incapacity or incompetency) · cs invalidní důchod (regular payments received by a disabled person) · hu mozgáskorlátozottság (state of being disabled) · hu mozgássérültség (state of being disabled) · ko 장애 (state of being disabled) · he נָכוּת (state of being disabled) · cs invalidita (legal incapacity or incompetency) · he מֻגְבָּלוּת (state of being disabled) · th ความพิการ (state of being disabled) · cmn 殘疾 /残疾 (state of being disabled) · tpi hevi long skin (state of being disabled) · hy հաշմանդամություն (state of being disabled) · cs postižení (legal incapacity or incompetency) · id hendaya (state of being disabled) · sv funktionsnedsättning (state of being disabled) · sh invalidska mirovina (regular payments received by a disabled person) · ro dizabilitate (state of being disabled) · fr pension d'invalidité (regular payments received by a disabled person) · tpi disabiliti (state of being disabled) · ru неправоспосо́бность (legal incapacity or incompetency) · cmn 殘廢 /残废 (state of being disabled) · fi oikeustoimikelvottomuus (legal incapacity or incompetency) · cmn 殘障 /残障 (state of being disabled) · he מוגבלות (state of being disabled) · sa रपस् (state of being disabled) · hi अक्षमता (state of being disabled) · id disabilitas (state of being disabled) · he לְקוּת (state of being disabled) · mk попреченост (state of being disabled) · tpi hevi long bodi (state of being disabled) · hu rokkantnyugdíj (regular payments received by a disabled person) · sh onesposobljenost (state of being disabled) · sh invaliditet (legal incapacity or incompetency) · kk мүгедектік (state of being disabled) · fr invalidité (legal incapacity or incompetency) · ka ინვალიდობა (state of being disabled) · no uføretrygd (regular payments received by a disabled person) · bg инвалидност (state of being disabled)

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disability en · NOUN

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