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.