"agism" meaning in English

See agism in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: agisms [plural]
Etymology: From age + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|age|ism}} age + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} agism (countable and uncountable, plural agisms)
  1. Alternative spelling of ageism (agism is less common and sometimes deprecated) Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: ageism (extra: agism is less common and sometimes deprecated)

Inflected forms

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