Deafism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Deafism is a noun meaning A stereotypy characteristic of deaf people.
Meaning
A stereotypy characteristic of deaf people.
More Meanings
- (uncountable) Prejudice against deaf people.
Example Sentences
Therefore, errors of punctuation cannot be considered a type of deafism.
The best place to fight Hollywood deafism is in our deaf schools. If we give our children understanding and appreciation of our rich culture and sign language, the students will gain a deaf heritage and become more creative, more aware, and more assertive global deaf citizens.
In other words, to analyze and fully understand "deafisms" is a problem of considerable complexity and consequence. For a decade we have been studying this language phenomenon through analyzing the written language of the deaf in comparison with those who have other types of language disorders and with the normal.
Word Forms
- deafisms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include blindism, voicism, mutism, disablism, allism, glottophobia.
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