respect elders
Defer to seniors
Respect elders is a cultural value emphasizing deference and consideration toward older people.
The phrase often appears as an imperative: Respect your elders.
It encompasses behaviors like listening attentively, using polite forms of address, and deferring to their experience and wisdom.
The principle is stronger in some cultures than others, and younger generations sometimes push back against it as automatic rather than earned.
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- filial pietyRespect owed to parents
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
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- moral sayingsdo unto others, golden rule, do the right thing, honesty is the best policy, treat others fairly
- social codessocial norms, social norm, unwritten rule, unspoken rule, unspoken rules
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