ageismnoun [ U ]
also mainly US agism usuk/ˈeɪ.dʒɪ.zəm/unfair treatment of people because of their age
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The elderly
- a ripe old age idiom
- aged
- agism
- centenarian
- codger
- crock
- geriatric
- geriatrics
- gerontology
- old
- old age
- old age pensioner
- old boy
- old girl
- senile
- senior citizen
- septuagenarian
- seventies
- sexagenarian
- the gray dollar
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ageist
adjective also mainly US agist usuk/-dʒɪst/
an ageist remark/job advertisement