sanist

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adjective

Prejudiced in favor of sane people, against people who are mentally ill.

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Meanings

adjectivesanist (comparative more sanist, superlative most sanist)

comparative more sanist · superlative most sanist

  1. Prejudiced in favor of sane people, against people who are mentally ill.

    Behaviorists, social scientists, and legal scholars must begin to develop research agendas so as to (1) determine and assess the ultimate impact of sanism, (2) better understand how social science data is manipulated to serve sanist ends, […]

    2002, Michael L. Perlin, Mental disability law: civil and criminal, volume 1, page 528

Origin

From sane + -ist.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

sanist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanist

MLA

“sanist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sanist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanist.

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