ageism

• agism (less common and sometimes deprecated)

age +‎ -ism. Coined in 1969 by Robert Neil Butler.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪd͡ʒ.ɪzm̩/, /ˈeɪd͡ʒ.ɪz.əm/
• Hyphenation: age‧ism

ageism (countable and uncountable, plural ageisms)

1. The treating of a person or people, especially youth or seniors, differently from others based on assumptions, prejudices or/and stereotypes relating to their age.
2. Bias against older adults (typically those in their sixties or older, but other times even younger if not even before middle-age).
3. Bias, hatred, bigotry and prejudice against age differences in other people's relationships, whether romantic or platonic.

• youthism

• age
• ageist

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “ageism”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

• Giemsa, Megias, gamies, images