age ‧ ist /ˈeɪdʒəst, ˈeɪdʒɪst/ BrE AmE adjective
treating older people unfairly because of a belief that they are less important than younger people:
The article seemed somewhat insensitive and ageist to me.
—ageist noun [countable]
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THESAURUS
■ treating people unfairly because of their race, sex, age etc
▪ prejudiced treating someone unfairly and having an unreasonable dislike of them because of their race, sex etc, or because they are old, disabled etc:
The media had very prejudiced attitudes towards disabled people.
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I don’t want to sound prejudiced, but I do think women are better at this type of job.
▪ racist treating someone unfairly because of their race:
racist remarks
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Children pick up racist attitudes from their parents.
▪ sexist treating someone unfairly because of their sex:
He had made sexist comments to several women in the office.
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The show was about two female inspectors who had trouble with their sexist bosses.
▪ ageist treating someone unfairly because of their age – used especially when old people are unfairly treated:
Ageist attitudes result in older people being discriminated against in the workplace.
▪ homophobic treating someone unfairly because they are homosexual:
Many of his songs are homophobic.