ABLEIST Definition & Meaning

ableist

[ ey-buhl-ist ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

relating to, involving, or fostering discrimination against disabled people: ableist architecture;
ableist language;
ableist architecture;
implicitly ableist laws.
tending to regard people with a disability as incomplete, diminished, or damaged, and to measure the quality of life with a disability against a nondisabled standard: ableist assumptions.
an ableist culture;
ableist assumptions.

noun

A person with ableist assumptions, beliefs, or attitudes:
The work of changing how ableists think often falls to people with disabilities.

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Origin of ableist¹

First recorded in 1980–85; able ( def ) + -ist ( def )

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Example Sentences

That lawsuit — which also named former Fox Sports host Skip Bayless and current host Joy Taylor as defendants — alleges Faraji “was forced to endure a misogynistic, racist, and ableist workplace where executives and talent were allowed to physically and verbally abuse workers with impunity” during her decade-plus working at the network.

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In any case, he added, blaming the vaccine is an “ableist” response to autism by some parents.

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“Wicked” actor Marissa Bode is speaking out against the ableist discourse surrounding her character, Nessarose, after the movie musical’s debut.

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She has learned that ableist jokes are “made out of ignorance,” she said, and should not be taken personally.

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The remark - which was quickly withdrawn - has angered disability advocates and been labelled "ableist" and "despicable" by MPs across the political spectrum.

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