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Noun: ablism
Usage: rare (=ableism)
  1. Discrimination against people with disabilities or who are perceived to have disabilities
    "The lack of wheelchair ramps in public buildings is a form of ablism";
    - ableism, able-bodiedism, able-bodism

Type of: discrimination, favoritism [US], favouritism [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Ablism