able-bodism

1. 1.

   discrimination in favor of the able-bodied

   Synonymsableismablismable-bodiedism

   Broaderdiscrimination

Questions about able-bodism

What does able-bodism mean?

able-bodism means "discrimination in favor of the able-bodied".

How many syllables are in able-bodism?

able-bodism has 4 syllables: a-ble--bo-dism. The stress falls on "ble-".

What is another word for able-bodism?

Close synonyms include ableism, ablism, able-bodiedism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is able-bodism a common word?

able-bodism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.