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ageisms

ageisms is the plural of ageism.

Meaning of ageism

Noun

ageism (countable and uncountable, plural ageisms)

  1. 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

Questions about ageisms

What is ageisms the plural of?
Ageisms is the plural of ageism.

Words near ageisms in the dictionary

  1. ageing like wine
  2. ageing out
  3. ageings
  4. ageinst
  5. ageism
  6. ageisms
  7. ageist
  8. ageistic
  9. ageistically
  10. ageistly
  11. ageists

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