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S: UN – https://www.un.org/es/desa/taking-stand-against-ageism (last access: 19 December 2023); APA –https://www.apa.org/monitor/2023/03/cover-new-concept-of-aging (last access: 19 December 2023).
N: 1. Neologism created from age (n.), late 13c., “long but indefinite period in human history,” from Old French aage, eage (12c., Modern French âge) ‘age; life, lifetime, lifespan; maturity,’ earlier edage (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *aetaticum (source also of Spanish edad, Italian eta, Portuguese idade ‘age’), extended form of Latin aetatem (nominative aetas), ‘period of life, age, lifetime, years,’ from aevum ‘lifetime, eternity, age’ (from PIE root *aiw– ‘vital force, life; long life, eternity’) and the suffix -ism, on pattern of racism, sexism. Related: Ageist.
2. Ageism refers to the stereotypes (how we think), prejudice (how we feel) and discrimination (how we act) towards others or oneself based on age. Half the world’s population is ageist against older people and, in Europe, the only region for which data is available on all age groups, younger people report more age discrimination than other age groups.
3. Ageism, a form of prejudice and discrimination based on age, was originally formulated by the psychiatrist Robert Neil Butler in 1969 to refer specifically to prejudicial attitudes towards older people, old age, and the ageing process; discrimination against older people; and the stereotyping of older people. Nowadays, ageism applies as a general term for prejudices about – and discrimination against – people based on age, so children, adolescents, and young people can feel the brunt of it as well. […] Here, it is useful to introduce the terms gerontophobia (the fear of ageing, the fear of older people, or the fear of age-related self-degeneration) and the related term gerascophobia (the fear of getting old). The main difference between the two terms is that gerontophobia can also include the fear of older people, whereas gerascophobia does not include this: it’s more about the individual’s anxieties about growing old.
4. Cultural Interrelation: We can mention the book Ageism Unmasked. Exploring Age Bias and How to End It by Tracey Gendron, PhD (Steerforth, 2022).
S: 1. Etymonline – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=ageism; https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=age (last access: 19 December 2023). 2. WHO – https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/ageing-ageism (last access: 19 December 2023). 3. SWoolfe – https://www.samwoolfe.com/2021/01/fears-ageing-old-age-negative-attitudes-older-people.html (last access: 19 December 2023). 4. Iberlibro – https://www.iberlibro.com/9781586423223/Ageism-Unmasked-Exploring-Age-Bias-1586423223/plp (last acces: 19 December 2023).
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