audism

English

Etymology

From audio +‎ -ism, modelled after racism and sexism. Coined by American academic Tom Humphries in 1975.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːdɪzəm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔdɪzəm/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɑdɪzəm/
• Rhymes: -ɔːdɪzəm
• Hyphenation: au‧dism

Noun

audism (uncountable)

1. (sociology) Discrimination against deaf people in favor of hearing people.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with autism.

Related terms

• audist
• audistic

 

Translations

discrimination against deaf people

• Czech: audismus
• Esperanto: aŭdismo
• Dutch: audisme
• Finnish: audismi
• French: audisme (fr) m
• German: Audismus n
• Hebrew: שמיעתנות
• Italian: audismo m
• Norwegian:
  • Bokmål: audisme
• Portuguese: ouvintismo m
• Sicilian: audismu
• Slovene: audisme
• Turkish: odizm

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