Sanist
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Prejudiced in favor of sane people, against people who are mentally ill.
"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, […]"
Example
More examples"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, […]"
Etymology
From sane + -ist.
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