Youthism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    discrimination against young people uncountable

    "And now we have youthism — the hatred of young people, a new moral and social scourge, a kind of collective psychosis."

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"And now we have youthism — the hatred of young people, a new moral and social scourge, a kind of collective psychosis."

Etymology

From youth + -ism.

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