ageism
n. discrimination against older persons; discrimination against peole of a specific age group | ||||
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AGEISM Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| WordNet 2.0 |
ageism
Noun
1. discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people
(synonym) agism
(hypernym) discrimination, favoritism, favouritism
Noun
1. discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people
(synonym) agism
(hypernym) discrimination, favoritism, favouritism
AGEISM Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Social Work in Canada |
Ageism
Similar to the dynamics of racism and sexism. It is a set of attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions about the aging process and of people who have been arbitrarily defined as no longer able to be productive because of advancing age, which influence and direct one's interactions with elderly people. Agism is the discrimination and prejudice against elderly people based on mythologies about the aging process.
Similar to the dynamics of racism and sexism. It is a set of attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions about the aging process and of people who have been arbitrarily defined as no longer able to be productive because of advancing age, which influence and direct one's interactions with elderly people. Agism is the discrimination and prejudice against elderly people based on mythologies about the aging process.
| Glossary of Sociology |
AGEISM
Prejudice against a person on the grounds of age in the belief that the age category is inferior to other age categories and that unequal treatment is therefore justified.
Prejudice against a person on the grounds of age in the belief that the age category is inferior to other age categories and that unequal treatment is therefore justified.
AGEISM Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Ageism
Ageism is stereotyping and prejudice against individuals or groups because of their age. The term was coined in 1969 by US gerontologist Robert N. Butler to describe discrimination against seniors, patterned on sexism and racism.
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