Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Discrimination based on age, especially prejudice against the elderly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people.
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- noun The treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or
stereotypes relating to their age.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people
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Examples
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Robert Butler, who coined the word "ageism" and was the first director of the National Institute on Aging, used to tell the story of an old man who went to a doctor and complained about a pain in his right knee.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com L.M.S.W. Michael Friedman 2011
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I have read that ageism is particularly problematic in IT, with some companies refusing to hire anyone over age 35!
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So ageism is your rationale for taking the chance?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Toyota Facing $16 Million Fine … 2010
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So ageism is your rationale for taking the chance?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Toyota Facing $16 Million Fine … 2010
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Unfortunately, I have found that ageism is rampant, but particularly so in the fields of public relations, advertising, and social media, where I and my 40+ colleagues encounter it on a fairly regular basis.
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As with all the other “place-isms,” ageism is effectively an attempt to dismiss someone who is older as out of place with the unspoken implication that the oldster is somehow unsuitable because he or she refuses to accept the “customary” place.
June « 2008 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2008
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As with all the other “place-isms,” ageism is effectively an attempt to dismiss someone who is older as out of place with the unspoken implication that the oldster is somehow unsuitable because he or she refuses to accept the “customary” place.
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He actually said that 72 was too old for a Freshman Senator, which to me sounded reasonable, until Forrester pointed out that ageism is wrong, and that Lautenberg, if elected, would be a 78 year old Freshman.
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Her ageism is a misdirected bold strike at partisanship.
Alex Koroknay-Palicz: Ann Coulter's Ageism Will Doom the Republican Party Alex Koroknay-Palicz 2010
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Her ageism is a misdirected bold strike at partisanship.
Alex Koroknay-Palicz: Ann Coulter's Ageism Will Doom the Republican Party Alex Koroknay-Palicz 2010
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In 1975, Robert Neil Butler, who had previously coined the term “ageism,” published “Why Survive? Being Old in America,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning study of society’s dereliction toward the nation’s aging population.
Why We Can’t Tell the Truth About Aging Condé Nast 2019
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