Physicians must confront ageism.
Source: tatoeba (1870027)
Ageism
//ˈeɪd͡ʒ.ɪzm̩//
Synonyms for "ageism" (3 found)
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13 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 29 languages.
Basque
1 entries- adinkeria noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Catalan
1 entries- edatisme noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 年齡歧視 /年龄歧视 noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Dutch
1 entries- leeftijdsdiscriminatie noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Esperanto
1 entries- aĝismo noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Estonian
1 entries- vanuseline diskrimineerimine noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Finnish
1 entries- ikäsyrjintä noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
French
1 entries- âgisme noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
German
1 entries- Altersdiskriminierung noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Hebrew
1 entries- גִּילָנוּת noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Hungarian
1 entries- korizmus noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Ido
1 entries- evismo noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Indonesian
1 entries- ageisme noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Italian
1 entries- ageismo noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Japanese
1 entries- 年齢差別 noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Korean
1 entries- 연령 차별 noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Māori
1 entries- toihara taipakeke noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Norman
1 entries- âgisme noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Polish
1 entries- ageizm noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Portuguese
3 entries- ageísmo noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
- etarismo noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
- idadismo noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Romanian
2 entries- ageism noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
- agism noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Russian
2 entries- дискримина́ция по во́зрасту noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
- эйджи́зм noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Slovene
1 entries- ageizm noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Spanish
2 entries- edadismo noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
- edatismo noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Swedish
2 entries- ålderism noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
- åldersdiskriminering noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Turkish
1 entries- yaş ayrımcılığı noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Vietnamese
1 entries- phân biệt tuổi tác noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Welsh
1 entries- oedraniaeth noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
West-Frisian
1 entries- leeftydsdiskriminaasje noun (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
I was portraying a character falling victim to his own ageism.
Source: tatoeba (13050135)
But a half-hour into this third Democratic debate, many Democrats had to be wondering: Can he [Joe Biden] go three hours? It’s our own collective ageism.
Source: wiktionary
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