Etymology

ablenationalism

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Today it means: The attitude that considers the qualifications of citizenship to be such that people with disabilities are exceptions. Full definition →

First used 2010
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The story

From able + nationalism, modelled after homonationalism. The word was coined by Sharon L. Snyder and David T. Mitchell in a 2010 journal article: see the quotation.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 2010 The attitude that considers the qualifications of citizenship to be such that people with disabilities are exceptions.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.