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- Latin · derived fromaetas“age”
- English todayaetonormativity
Coined in 2009 by Maria Nikolajeva, from Latin aetas (“age”) + normativity.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
aetonormativity
Today it means: Any assumption of an age-based norm and particularly the assumption that adults and adult experiences are normative while children and childish experiences are consequently deviant or other. Full definition →
Latin aetas