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ageism

noun
/ˈeɪd͡ʒ.ɪzm̩/

Etymology

From age + -ism. Coined by American academic Robert N. Butler in 1969.

  1. inherited from agen
  2. derived from *h₂eyu-✻
  3. derived from aetas
  4. derived from *aetāticum✻
  5. derived from eage
  6. inherited from age
  7. formed as ageism — “age + -ism”

Definitions

  1. The treating of a person or people, especially older people, differently from others…

    The treating of a person or people, especially older people, differently from others based on assumptions, prejudices or/and stereotypes relating to their age.

    • But a half-hour into this third Democratic debate, many Democrats had to be wondering: Can he [Joe Biden] go three hours? It’s our own collective ageism.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA