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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Biased 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?
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Adultist means Biased in favor of adults (and against children); exhibiting adultism..
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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?
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