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What is another word for invalids?

Pronunciation: [ɪnvˈalɪdz] (IPA)

"Invalids" is a term used to refer to people suffering from physical or mental disabilities or illnesses. However, this term is often seen as outdated or offensive. There are many synonyms that can be used instead, such as "people with disabilities," "persons with chronic illnesses," "individuals with impairments," or "those with special needs." These terms have a more positive and respectful connotation than "invalids". It is important to use language that doesn't stigmatize or marginalize individuals based on their health conditions, and using appropriate terminology can help promote inclusion and respect for everyone.
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What are the hypernyms for Invalids?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

  • Other hypernyms:

    People with Disabilities, handicapped individuals, persons with impairments, the differently abled, the disabled, the physically challenged.

Famous quotes with Invalids

  • Those whose suffering is due to love are, as we say of certain invalids, their own physicians.
    Marcel Proust
  • Healthy people are invalids who don't know it.
    Jules Romains
  • All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature, born halt and blind, through luxury of their parents, and can only, like invalids, act on the defensive.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Humanity is composed but of two categories, the invalids and the nurses.
    Richard Brinsley Sheridan
  • The modern sympathy with invalids is morbid. Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to be encouraged in others.
    Oscar Wilde

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