ageism
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.
» I was portraying a character falling victim to his own ageism.
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)The treating of a person or people, especially older people, differently from others based on assumptions, prejudices or/and stereotypes relating to their age.
Altersdiskriminierung
дискримина́ция по во́зрастуdiskriminácija po vózrastu, эйджи́змejdžízm
- discrimination on the basis of a person's age
Examples
2 sentencesI was portraying a character falling victim to his own ageism.
Physicians must confront ageism.
Translations
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Origin
From age + -ism. Coined by American academic Robert N. Butler in 1969.From age + -ism. Coined by American academic Robert N. Butler in 1969.
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Forms
plural: ageismsSynonyms
1 synonyms- discrimination on the basis of a person's age:agism
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable