Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ablenormativity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ablenor-ma-tiv-i-ty
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The assumption that all human beings are nondisabled, or the marginalization, stigmatization, or pathologization of disability and/or disabled people.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"To illustrate: one example of the way in which ablenormativity exerts a withering pressure on the 'imagined possible futures' of disabled children lies in what Hans Reinders calls 'the presumption of suffering' of the disabled and those who care for them (Reinders, 2000, ch. 10)."
"Ablenormativity requires performing abledness and neurotypicality—apparent disability cannot be tolerated."
"Ablenormativity, and ableism more broadly, are racialized in multiple ways."

Etymology

From able + normativity.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

able-normativity (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

ablenormative

Questions

What does ablenormativity mean?: The assumption that all human beings are nondisabled, or the marginalization, stigmatization, or pathologization of disability and/or disabled people.
Where does ablenormativity come from?: From able + normativity.

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