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disability
English
Etymology
Circa 1570 disable +? -ity.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d?s??b?l?ti/
Noun
disability (usually uncountable, plural disabilities)
- State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
- Chatham refused to see him, pleading his disability.
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
- A mental condition causing a difficulty with an intellectual task.
- (disability theory) An inability imposed on a person by society's failure to accommodate their physical or mental differences from others, as opposed to impairment.
- Synonym: handicap
- Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.
- (uncountable, informal) Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state
Usage notes
- Disability and inability: Inability is an inherent want of power to perform the thing in question; disability arises from some deprivation or loss of the needed competency. One who becomes deranged is under a disability of holding his estate; and one who is made a judge, of deciding in his own case. A man may decline an office on account of his inability to discharge its duties; he may refuse to accept a trust or employment on account of some disability prevents him from entering into such engagements.
Synonyms
- disqualification
- impotence
- inability
- incapacity
- incompetency
- incompetence
- weakness
Antonyms
- ability
- capacity
- competence
- competency
- potence
- potential
- qualification
- strength
Related terms
- disable
- disabled
- disablism
Translations
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disabled
English
Etymology
From disable +? -ed.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): [d?s?e?b??d]
Adjective
disabled (comparative more disabled, superlative most disabled)
- Made incapable of use or action.
- 1911, "From Brittania Lodge, No. 361", Railway Carmen's Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3, March 1911, page 129:
- In the car department we would repair cars that were disabled and placed in bad order by a bunch of scalies taking the place of striking switchmen, engineers, Firemen, etc.
- 1911, "From Brittania Lodge, No. 361", Railway Carmen's Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3, March 1911, page 129:
- Having a disability.
- (law) Legally disqualified.
Synonyms
- incapacitated
- indisposed
- invalid
Antonyms
- enabled
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
disabled (usually uncountable, plural disableds)
- One who is disabled. (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular)
Translations
Verb
disabled
- simple past tense and past participle of disable
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