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adultism

adultism noun: a predisposition towards adults (or a bias against children or other younger people).

Noun

adultism (uncountable)

  1. A predisposition towards adults (or a bias against children or other younger people).

adultism meaning in Kannada

adultism in Kannada

ವಯಸ್ಕತೆ

Origin of adultism

From adult + -ism.

Questions about adultism

What does adultism mean?
Adultism means a predisposition towards adults (or a bias against children or other younger people).
What is adultism in Kannada?
Adultism in Kannada is ವಯಸ್ಕತೆ. See Adultism meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is adultism?
Adultism is a noun.

Words near adultism in the dictionary

  1. adultise
  2. adultised
  3. adultises
  4. adultish
  5. adultising
  6. adultism
  7. adultist
  8. adultivity
  9. adultization
  10. adultize
  11. adultized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adultism (page history and authors); adultism (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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