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  2. List of disability-related terms with negative connotations

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    Inclusive language: words to use when writing about disability - Office for Disability Issues and Department for Work and Pensions (UK) List of terms to avoid when writing about disability – National Center on Disability and Journalism; Nović, Sara (30 March 2021). "The harmful ableist language you unknowingly use". BBC Worklife

  3. List of age-related terms with negative connotations - Wikipedia

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    Burden: A term (also ableist) of contempt or disdain used to describe old and infirm or disabled people who either don't contribute to society or who contribute in a limited way; this lack of contribution may be imposed or facilitated by social stigma and other factors.

  4. Connotation - Wikipedia

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    A connotation is a commonly understood cultural or emotional association that any given word or phrase carries, in addition to its explicit or literal meaning, which is its denotation. A connotation is frequently described as either positive or negative, with regard to its pleasing or displeasing emotional connection. [1]

  5. Social work - Wikipedia

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    Social work is a broad profession that intersects with several disciplines. Social work organizations offer the following definitions: Social work is a practice-based profession and an academic discipline that promotes social change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people.

  6. People@Work: In Negative Workplaces, Minuses Can Add Up - AOL

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  7. Social work management - Wikipedia

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    Local disability theatre group. Social work management is the management of organisations or enterprises in the social economy and non-profit sector, e.g., public service providers, charities, youth welfare offices, associations, etc. [1] Social work management has been traditionally pursued by social workers, social pedagogues, pedagogues, psychologists without additional management skills ...

  8. Social undermining - Wikipedia

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    Social undermining is the expression of negative emotions directed towards a particular person or negative evaluations of the person as a way to prevent the person from achieving their goals. This behavior can often be attributed to certain feelings, such as dislike or anger .

  9. Semantic prosody - Wikipedia

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    If a word with a strong negative semantic prosody (e.g. onslaught) co-occurs with a positive word (e.g. hospitality) instead of an expected negative word (e.g. an onslaught of hospitality), a range of effects are possible as a result of such a collocational clash: [5] irony, expression of a subtle hidden meaning, often negative evaluation,