adultist

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adjective

Biased in favor of adults (and against children); exhibiting adultism.

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Meanings

adjectiveadultist (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBiased in favor of adults (and against children); exhibiting adultism.

    I'm ambivalent about being called a girl. I suspect that at least some of our dislike of this term is related to the systematic and brutal oppression of young people […] Why — except that we are adultist are we so insulted by being called young?

    1982 April 24, Lisa Orlando, “Let Bi Girls Be Bi Girls”, in Gay Community News, page 4
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APA

adultist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adultist

MLA

“adultist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adultist. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adultist,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adultist.

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