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- noun politically correct language referring to disabilities by avoiding adjectives or the copula.
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US English. Grammatically a nominal phrase "people first" used as a hyphenated adjective modifying "language". As a term advocated by disability rights organizations in the United States from 1988.
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vendingmachine commented on the word people-first language
People are not defined by their diseases. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People-first_language
July 25, 2018