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This Diversity Lexicon is meant to educate people on the common language used in diversity and inclusion communities, practices, and research. All are welcomed to edit and include terms and definitions that are part of diversity and inclusion. Localization is greatly appreciated.

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• Ableism - from Wikipedia: "a form of discrimination or social prejudice against people with disabilities."

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• Diversity - from the Global Diversity and Inclusion Benchmarks: "Diversity refers to variety of differences and similarities/dimensions among people, such as gender, race/ethnicity, tribal/indigenous origins, age, culture, generation, religion, class/caste, language, education, geography, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, work style, work experience, job, role and function, thinking style, and personality type.

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