ageism
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noun \ˈā-(ˌ)ji-zəm\Definition of AGEISM
: prejudice or discrimination against a particular age-group and especially the elderly
— age·ist also ag·ist \-jist\ adjective
See Variants of AGEISM
age·ism also ag·ism \ˈā-(ˌ)ji-zəm\
Examples of AGEISM
- He accused his former employer of ageism when he lost his job to a younger man.
First Known Use of AGEISM
1969
Rhymes with AGEISM
abysm, autism, baalism, baptism, Birchism, bossism, bruxism, Buddhism, casteism, centrism, charism, Chartism, classism, cubism, cultism, czarism, deism, dwarfism, faddism, fauvism, Gaullism, Grecism, Hobbism, holism, Jainism, Klanism, leftism, lyrism, Mahdism, Maoism, Marxism, monism, mutism, Nazism, nudism, Orphism, priggism, purism, Ramism, rightism, sadism, Saivism, sapphism, Scotism, sexism, Shaktism, Shiism, Sikhism, simplism, snobbism, sophism, statism, Sufism, tachism, Tantrism, Taoism, theism, Thomism, tourism, tropism, truism, Turkism, verism, Whiggism, Yahwism
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