Meanings
nounaudism (uncountable)
- uncountablehuman sciencesDiscrimination against deaf people in favor of hearing people.
Origin
From audio + -ism, modelled after racism and sexism. Coined by American academic Tom Humphries in 1975.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech audismus
- audismusdiscrimination against deaf people
Dutch audisme
- audismediscrimination against deaf people
Esperanto aŭdismo
- aŭdismodiscrimination against deaf people
Finnish audismi
- audismidiscrimination against deaf people
French audisme
- audismediscrimination against deaf people
German Audismus
- Audismusdiscrimination against deaf people
Hebrew שמיעתנות
- שמיעתנותdiscrimination against deaf people
Italian audismo
- audismodiscrimination against deaf people
Norwegian Bokmål audisme
- audismediscrimination against deaf people
Portuguese ouvintismo
- ouvintismodiscrimination against deaf people
Turkish odizm
- odizmdiscrimination against deaf people
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Cite this entry
APA
audism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audism
MLA
“audism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “audism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audism.
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