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youthism

youthism noun: discrimination against young people.

Noun

youthism (uncountable)

  1. discrimination against young people
    • And now we have youthism — the hatred of young people, a new moral and social scourge, a kind of collective psychosis.1976, Atlas world press review: Volume 23
    • Physical prejudice exists among people surrounding ageism, youthism, sizeism and disabilities.1999, Leigh Stephens Aldrich, Covering the community: a diversity handbook for media, page 8

Origin of youthism

From youth + -ism.

Questions about youthism

What does youthism mean?
Youthism means discrimination against young people.
What part of speech is youthism?
Youthism is a noun.

Words near youthism in the dictionary

  1. youthies
  2. youthified
  3. youthifies
  4. youthify
  5. youthifying
  6. youthism
  7. youthitude
  8. youthless
  9. youthlessness
  10. youthlike
  11. youthly

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