ageism

ageism
Discrimination, or the holding of irrational and prejudicial views about individuals or groups, based on their age. It involves stereotypical assumptions about a person's or group's physical or mental capacities and is often associated with derogatory language. Most commonly these are applied to the elderly. Organizations such as the Grey Panthers have emerged in the United States to combat discrimination against the elderly and to fight for their rights.

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  • ageism — age‧is‧m [ˈeɪdʒɪzm] also agism noun [uncountable] treating people unfairly because of their age, especially because they are old: • Ageism in recruitment is an increasing problem. * * * ageism UK US /ˈeɪdʒɪzəm/ noun [U] (also age discrimination) …   Financial and business terms

  • ageism — age ism n. 1. 1 discrimination against middle aged and elderly people. Syn: agism [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ageism — (n.) discrimination against people based on age, coined 1969 by U.S. gerontologist Dr. Robert N. Butler, from AGE (Cf. age) + ISM (Cf. ism), on pattern of racism, sexism. Related: Ageist …   Etymology dictionary

  • ageism — [n] age based discrimination age bias, generation gap; concept 689 …   New thesaurus

  • ageism — ► NOUN ▪ prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of age. DERIVATIVES ageist adjective & noun …   English terms dictionary

  • ageism — [āj′iz΄əm] n. [ AGE + (RAC)ISM] discrimination against people on the basis of age; specif., discrimination against, and prejudicial stereotyping of, older people: also sp. agism ageist adj., n …   English World dictionary

  • Ageism — Part of a series on Discrimination General forms …   Wikipedia

  • ageism — agism agism n. discrimination against middle aged and elderly people. [Also spelled {ageism}.] [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ageism — Age|ism [ eidʒizm] der; <aus gleichbed. engl. ageism zu age »Alter«> Diskriminierung von alten Menschen (bes. die Bevorzugung junger Menschen gegenüber alten) …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • ageism — [[t]e͟ɪʤɪzəm[/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) Ageism is unacceptable behaviour that occurs as a result of the belief that older people are of less value than younger people …   English dictionary

  • ageism — also agism noun Date: 1969 prejudice or discrimination against a particular age group and especially the elderly • ageist also agist adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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