ageist
/ˈeɪ̯.dʒɪst/adjective, noun
ageist is spelled A-G-E-I-S-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 87,317th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, ageist means “Unfairly discriminatory against someone based on their age” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ageist?
| Letters | 6: A-G-E-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 87,317th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is ageist?
Ageist appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 87,317th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ageist?
- UK /ˈeɪ̯.dʒɪst/
Ageist has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ageist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of ageist
- more ageist comparative
- most ageist superlative
- ageists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ageist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Unfairly discriminatory against someone based on their age.
Upon hearing that his employer would soon require yearly physical examinations and vision screening, my father exclaimed that the policy was ageist.
noun
- 1
A person who behaves in an ageist manner.
He didn’t like to think of himself as an ageist, but he had to admit that he hadn’t considered the needs of some of the more elderly participants.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ageist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense discriminatory against someone based on their age:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.