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Ageest vs Ageist - What's the difference?

ageest | ageist |

As adjectives the difference between ageest and ageist

is that ageest is afraid, astonished (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century)ageist is unfairly discriminatory against someone based on their age.

As a noun ageist is

a person who behaves in an ageist manner.

ageest

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) afraid, astonished (used in )
  • References

    * G. A. Cooke, The County of Devon

    Anagrams

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    ageist

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.

    See also

    * ableist * bigot * bigotry * chauvinism * chauvinist * discrimination * heterosexist * homophobe * homophobic * -ist * racist * sizeist * veganist