The social, legal, or institutional discrimination against individuals who are mentally ill/neurodivergent, or who may be considered "not sane" by
society'
s standards. This can often cross over into ableism.
The term sanism was originally coined by Morton Birnbaum.
Some oppressive terms that reinforce sanist stereotypes: crazy, insane, psycho, retarded,
dumb, mad house, mental case; misuse of medical terms such as
OCD, bipolar, schizophrenic, autistic, etc.
Jesse: I can't attend
college in person due to my social anxiety and depression, so I take my courses
online.
May: That's ridiculous. Everyone dislikes going to school.
Just suck it up.
Jesse: That's sanism.