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agism

agism noun: less common, sometimes deprecated spelling of ageism.

Noun

agism (countable and uncountable, plural agisms)

  1. Less common, sometimes deprecated spelling of ageism
    • Although there is no doubt that some agisms are intended as hostile intergroup moves and divergences, there is a great deal of well-intentioned agism.2013, Angie Williams, Jon F. Nussbaum, Intergenerational Communication Across the Life Span

Forms of agism

pluralagisms

Origin of agism

From age + -ism.

Questions about agism

What does agism mean?
Agism means less common, sometimes deprecated spelling of ageism.
What part of speech is agism?
Agism is a noun.
What is the plural of agism?
The plural of agism is agisms.

Words near agism in the dictionary

  1. Agiosoritissa
  2. agiotage
  3. agiotages
  4. agiotensin
  5. AGIs
  6. agism
  7. agisms
  8. agist
  9. agistator
  10. agistators
  11. agisted

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