capacitismo

Portuguese

Etymology

From capacidade (“ability”) +‎ -ismo. Calque of English ableism.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.pa.siˈt͡ʃiz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.pa.siˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ka.pa.siˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.pa.siˈt͡ʃiz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.pɐ.siˈtiʒ.mu/

• Rhymes: -izmu, -iʒmu
• Hyphenation: ca‧pa‧ci‧tis‧mo

Noun

capacitismo m (uncountable)

1. ableism (discrimination against people with disabilities)

   Synonym: validismo

Hyponyms

• ouvintismo

Related terms

• capacitista

 

Further reading

• “capacitismo”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
• “capacitismo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “capacitismo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “capacitismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From capacidad (“ability”) +‎ -ismo. Calque of English ableism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kapaθiˈtismo/ [ka.pa.θiˈt̪iz.mo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kapasiˈtismo/ [ka.pa.siˈt̪iz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: ca‧pa‧ci‧tis‧mo

Noun

capacitismo m (uncountable)

1. ableism (discrimination against people with disabilities)

Related terms

• capacitista