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adultist

adultist adjective: biased in favor of adults (and against children); exhibiting adultism.

Adjective

adultist (not comparable)

  1. Biased in favor of adults (and against children); exhibiting adultism.
    • I'm ambivalent about being called a girl. I suspect that at least some of our dislike of this term is related to the systematic and brutal oppression of young people […] Why — except that we are adultist are we so insulted by being called young?1982 April 24, Lisa Orlando, “Let Bi Girls Be Bi Girls”, in Gay Community News, page 4

Questions about adultist

What does adultist mean?
Adultist means biased in favor of adults (and against children); exhibiting adultism.
What part of speech is adultist?
Adultist is an adjective.

Words near adultist in the dictionary

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

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