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Definition of agism in English English dictionary
- an American spelling of ageism
- ageism: discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people
- ageism
- The treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age
- ageism
- A term coined by Robert N Butler to refer to prejudice and discrimination against the elderly (See 279)
- ageism
- a common form of prejudicial attitude and source of social discrimination based on erroneous beliefs or over-generalizations about aging and seniors (Butler, 1969)
- ageism
- Aging In Place Alternate Care Benefit
- ageism
- The treating of a person or people of differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age
- ageism
- Prejudice and discrimination against people on the basis of age, particularly when they are older persons
- ageism
- discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people
- ageism
- Prejudice or negative stereotypes about people based on chronological age
- ageism
- disapproval Ageism is unacceptable behaviour that occurs as a result of the belief that older people are of less value than younger people. unfair treatment of people because they are old = age discrimination
- ageism
- The stereotyping of the aging process, often expressed by the media or by people who are uninformed by the scientific intricacies of aging
- ageism
- Prejudice against a person on the grounds that their age category is "inferior" to another and that unequal treatment is thus justified
- ageism
- {i} discrimination against older persons; discrimination against peole of a specific age group