ageism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈeɪd͡ʒ.ɪz.əm/
- /ˈeɪd͡ʒ.ɪzm̩/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From age + -ism. Coined by American academic Robert N. Butler in 1969.
Meanings
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(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.
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.
2019 September 13, Timothy Egan, “It Will Take More Than Cheap Shots to Knock Off Biden”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ageisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| agism | alternative, proscribed, sometimes, uncommon | lexicographic |
Coordinates
antisemitism · ethnocentrism · ableism · heterosexism · sexism · islamophobia · racism · bigotry · antireligiousness · homophobia · chauvinism · transphobia
Hypernyms
inequity · injustice · bias · prejudice · discrimination
Hyponyms
Relateds
Translations (34)
sl ageizm (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · ro ageism (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · fi ikäsyrjintä (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · sv ålderism (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · nrf âgisme (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · ko 연령 차별 (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · pt ageísmo (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · it ageismo (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · mi toihara taipakeke (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · eu adinkeria (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · he גִּילָנוּת (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · ca edatisme (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · cmn 年齡歧視 /年龄歧视 (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · cy oedraniaeth (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · de Altersdiskriminierung (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · id ageisme (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · pl ageizm (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · pt idadismo (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · ru дискримина́ция по во́зрасту (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · fr âgisme (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · eo aĝismo (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · hu korizmus (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · ru эйджи́зм (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · et vanuseline diskrimineerimine (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · pt etarismo (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · es edadismo (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · sv åldersdiskriminering (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · fy leeftydsdiskriminaasje (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · io evismo (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · vi phân biệt tuổi tác (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · ja 年齢差別 (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · nl leeftijdsdiscriminatie (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · tr yaş ayrımcılığı (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) · ro agism (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)