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ageism|ˈeɪdʒɪz(ə)m|
Also agism.
[f. age n. + -ism.]
Prejudice or discrimination against people on the grounds of age; age discrimination, esp. against the elderly. Cf. racism b, sexism.
1969Washington Post 7 Mar. a6/1 Dr. Robert Butler..believes many of his Chevy Chase neighbors suffer from ‘age-ism’. 1969R. N. Butler in Gerontologist Winter 243/1 We shall soon have to consider..a form of bigotry we now tend to overlook: age discrimination or age-ism, prejudice by one age group toward other age groups. Ibid. 243/2 Age-ism describes the subjective experience implied in the popular notion of the generation gap. 1973Observer (Colour Suppl.) 30 Sept. 61/3 In the United States, the fight against ‘agism’, as they describe the process of discrimination on grounds of age. 1977Grimsby Even. Tel. 27 May 2/5 ‘Like sexism and racism, ageism has had its day,’ said Dr. Alex Comfort, a world expert on ageing. Old people had to get moving and be bloody-minded to improve their lot. 1982Times 2 Aug. 9/1 ‘Agism’ is a new word in the lexicon of fashionable evils. Like..sexism and racism, it seeks to express an old evil in a new way—in this case prejudice in thought and deed against the old. 1983Daily Tel. 21 Nov. 12/8 Ageism might be a joke, but it is meant only too seriously. |