1 definition by Clare501
'Sanist' means assuming that only the allegedly sane have any rights, and that they can ride roughshod over the rights of anyone without 100% mental health e.g. in law, because they are the power group in the right. Cf racist,where the rights of people are diminshed according to their race, ageist, where the dignity and rights of older people are diminished, and sexist, where the dignity and rights of the weaker sex (usually women) are diminished.
Sanist language is used by the power group against the minority.
Also Sanism
Sanist language is used by the power group against the minority.
Also Sanism
"axe wielding schizophrenics"
That remark is sanist in that you are diminishing a group of disabled people with a harmful and inaccurate stereotype.
That remark is sanist in that you are diminishing a group of disabled people with a harmful and inaccurate stereotype.
by Clare501 August 9, 2005