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Agenst vs Ageist - What's the difference?

agenst | ageist |

As a preposition agenst

is .

As an adjective ageist is

unfairly discriminatory against someone based on their age.

As a noun ageist is

a person who behaves in an ageist manner.

agenst

English

Preposition

(English prepositions)
  • 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