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age identity

age identity noun: the age category such as "child", "young adult", "old person", etc. that is part of a person's self-identity.

Noun

age identity (countable and uncountable, plural age identities)

  1. The age category such as "child", "young adult", "old person", etc. that is part of a person's self-identity.
    • "You're only as old as you feel." This cultural adage captures an understanding of age as more than simple chronology; rather, age is a construct having social content and personal meaning. This viewpoint is also reflected in a scholarly interest in age identity, or the circumstances under which...1992 December, John R. Logan, Russell Ward, Glenna Spitze, “As Old as You Feel”, in Social Forces, volume 21, number 2, Oxford University Press, →ISSN
    • While all identities are inherently dynamic, age identity constitutes a special case of normative identity fluidity and temporality: individuals are expected to belong to different chronologically sequenced age identities over the course of their lives[…]2020 January 16, Andrew D. Brown, The Oxford Handbook of Identities in Organizations, Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Examples of age identity in a sentence

  • This viewpoint is also reflected in a scholarly interest in age identity, or the circumstances under which people attach age labels to themselves and the consequences of those labels.1992 December, John R. Logan, Russell Ward, Glenna Spitze, “As Old as You Feel”, in Social Forces, volume 21, number 2, Oxford University...
  • Most people's "age identity" appears to be heavy on the declining body and product placement, light on culture.2004 January 15, Margaret Morganroth Gullette, “Age Identity Revisited” (chapter 7), in Aged by Culture, University of Chicago Press...

Forms of age identity

pluralage identities

Questions about age identity

What does age identity mean?
Age identity means the age category such as "child", "young adult", "old person", etc. that is part of a person's self-identity.
How do you use age identity in a sentence?
This viewpoint is also reflected in a scholarly interest in age identity, or the circumstances under which people attach age labels to themselves and the consequences of those labels.
What part of speech is age identity?
Age identity is a noun.
What is the plural of age identity?
The plural of age identity is age identities.

Words near age identity in the dictionary

  1. age grade
  2. age grades
  3. age group
  4. age groups
  5. age identities
  6. age identity
  7. age in place
  8. age is just a number
  9. age like a fine wine
  10. age like fine wine
  11. age like milk

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