sanism

English

Etymology

From sane +‎ -ism, by analogy with racism and sexism.

Noun

sanism (uncountable)

1. Discrimination and oppression against people who have, or who are labelled or perceived as having, a mental illness.
   • 2002, Michael L. Perlin, Mental disability law: civil and criminal, volume 1, page 528:

     Behaviorists, social scientists, and legal scholars must begin to develop research agendas so as to (1) determine and assess the ultimate impact of sanism, (2) better understand how social science data is manipulated to serve sanist ends, […]

Related terms

• sanist

References

• Sanism and the ADA: Thinking About Attitudes, By Michael Perlin (Abstract), by National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness, 2003.
• Michael L. Perlin, Things Have Changed: Looking at Non-institutional Mental Disability Law Through the Sanism Filter, 46 New York Law School Review 535,539 (2002-2003).

Anagrams

• M'sians, Mansis, Msians