adultism
Age-based youth bias
Adultism is prejudice or discrimination against young people based on their age.
The term frames adult authority over children as a form of systematic bias, analogous to racism or sexism: The school's dress code is pure adultism.
Used primarily in youth rights advocacy and educational contexts, often to challenge policies that dismiss young people's perspectives or autonomy.
Prejudice targeting older people
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- stereotypingOversimplified group-based judgments
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- assumptionsUnproven things taken as true
Controlling others for their good
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- infantilizationTreating as immature
- disempowermentLoss of agency
- patronizingTreating someone as inferior
dismissiveness · silencing · invalidation · tokenism · gatekeeping · overprotection
Energy transfer rate
- controlAuthority to direct
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
governance · command · oversight · patriarchy · matriarchy · authoritarianism · discipline · obedience
State of being immature
- minorsThose below legal age
- childrenYoung human beings
- adolescentsYouth approaching maturity
- teenagersPeople aged thirteen to nineteen
juveniles · dependents · students · kids · tweens · coming-of-age · childhood · autonomy
ageism
Prejudice targeting older people
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- stereotypingOversimplified group-based judgments
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
paternalism
Controlling others for their good
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- infantilizationTreating as immature
- disempowermentLoss of agency
patronizing · dismissiveness · silencing · invalidation · tokenism · gatekeeping · overprotection
power
Energy transfer rate
- controlAuthority to direct
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
supervision · governance · command · oversight · patriarchy · matriarchy · authoritarianism · discipline · obedience · compliance
youth
State of being immature
- minorsThose below legal age
- childrenYoung human beings
- adolescentsYouth approaching maturity
teenagers · juveniles · dependents · students · kids · tweens · coming-of-age · childhood · autonomy · agency
adultismyouth empowerment
Fostering agency in minors
youth voice · youth participation · child advocacy · children's rights · unschooling
adult, adults, adulthood, young adult, nonadult, older adult