audistic

English

Etymology

From audist +‎ -ic.

Adjective

audistic (comparative more audistic, superlative most audistic)

1. Relating to or involving audism ("discrimination or prejudice against deaf people").
   • 2016, Homer Ross Tomlin, Homer Thornberry: Congressman, Judge, and Advocate for Equal Rights, Fort Worth, T.X.: TCU Press, →ISBN, page 101:

     Author Myron Uhlberg, another son of deaf-mute parents, was sickened by the audistic treatment of his father in public.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with autistic (“on the autism spectrum”).

Related terms

• audism
• audist