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abledness

abledness noun: the quality of being abled (not disabled).

Noun

abledness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being abled (not disabled).
    • The editors sum up their observations of women of color's position in the academy as those who are 'presumed incompetent," speaking to the racialization of relations of "ability" and the assumed abledness of whiteness.2014, Zeus Leonardo, “Unveiling Women in Higher Education: Scholars of Color and Double COonsciousness”, in George Yancy, Maria del Guadalupe Davidson, editors, Exploring Race in Predominantly White...
    Antonyms:
    disabledness

Antonyms of abledness

Origin of abledness

From abled + -ness.

Questions about abledness

What does abledness mean?
Abledness means the quality of being abled (not disabled).
What part of speech is abledness?
Abledness is a noun.

Words near abledness in the dictionary

  1. able-minded
  2. able-mindedness
  3. ablebodied
  4. ablecentrism
  5. abled
  6. abledness
  7. ableds
  8. ablegate
  9. ablegated
  10. ablegates
  11. ablegating

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