Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
ageist .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word ageists.
Examples
-
Not a Washington insiders, that Obama supposed to be ageists to!!
-
Lack of experience does not preclude anyone from being a brilliant MP waiting to happen, and only ageists believe otherwise.
Are we the party of empty rhetoric? Alix Mortimer 2010
-
Lack of experience does not preclude anyone from being a brilliant MP waiting to happen, and only ageists believe otherwise.
646 astronauts Alix Mortimer 2010
-
Not only did the survey bust the myths that Americans between the ages of 21 and 83 are ageists and that young people have no respect for older people, but also provided another perspective on the stereotype that Boomers are self-indulgent, and even greedy.
-
And as a medicare card carrying, social security drawing old fart, I enjoy how some folks are using age as an issue--Damn ageists, anyway.
Jesse Jackson, Day 2. Ann Althouse 2008
-
Of course there will no doubt be some new ageists who seize on this as evidence that their wholly unevidenced claims are right.
Bad Science 2009
-
And once the National Campaign heats up, it’ll be racists or sexists vs ageists.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.