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comparative more ableist, superlative most ableist
Exhibiting or relating to ableism. quotations examples
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
plural ableists
One who exhibits ableism, or prejudice against the disabled. quotations examples
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