ageist
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ageist (comparative more ageist, superlative most ageist)
- Unfairly discriminatory against someone based on their age.
- Upon hearing that his employer would soon require yearly physical examinations and vision screening, my father exclaimed that the policy was ageist.
- Even though she had succeeded in the phone interview, when the ageist employer learned that the candidate was only 18 years old, she became hesitant.
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ageist (plural ageists)
- A person who behaves in an ageist manner.
- He didn’t like to think of himself as an ageist, but he had to admit that he hadn’t considered the needs of some of the more elderly participants.
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