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ageism

stereotyping, prejudice or/and discrimination based on age
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ageism

Summary

ageism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,086 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • ageism is a type of discrimination[2].
  • ageism is a type of health-based discrimination[3].
  • ageism is a type of sociology of old age and aging[4].
  • ageism's Commons category is recorded as Ageism[5].
  • ageism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ageism[6].
  • ageism's described by source is recorded as The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include discrimination[2], health-based discrimination[3], and sociology of old age and aging[4].

Why It Matters

ageism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,086 views/month).[1] ageism has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] ageism is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → discrimination, health-based discrimination, sociology of old age and aging
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 19313, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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