Title: Ageism - Wikipedia
Headings: Ageism
Ageism
Contents
Classification
Distinction from other age-related bias
Implicit ageism
Government ageism
Stereotyping
Prejudice
Digital ageism
Visual ageism
Discrimination
Employment
Hollywood
Healthcare
Effects of ageism
Catholic Church
Africa
Nigeria
America
Canada
Colombia
United States
Asia
Australia
Philippines
European Union
Germany
France
Belgium
Sweden
United Kingdom
Advocacy against ageism
Related campaigns
Accusations of ageism
See also
References
External links
Further reading

Content: There are several forms of age-related bias. Adultism is a predisposition towards adults, which is seen as biased against children, youth, and all young people who are not addressed or viewed as adults. This includes political candidacies, jobs, and cultural settings where the supposed greater vitality and/or physical beauty of youth is more appreciated than the supposed greater moral and/or intellectual rigor of adulthood. Adultcentrism is the "exaggerated egocentrism of adults ". Adultocracy is the social convention which defines "maturity" and "immaturity", placing adults in a dominant position over young people, both theoretically and practically. Gerontocracy is a form of oligarchical rule in which an entity is ruled by leaders who are significantly older than most of the adult population. Chronocentrism is primarily the belief that a certain state of humanity is superior to all previous and/or future times. Based on a conceptual analysis of ageism, a new definition of ageism was introduced by Iversen, Larsen, & Solem in 2009. This definition constitutes the foundation for higher reliability and validity in future research about ageism and its complexity offers a new way of systemizing theories on ageism: " Ageism is defined as negative or positive stereotypes, prejudice and/or discrimination against (or to the advantage of) elderly people on the basis of their chronological age or on the basis of a perception of them as being 'old' or 'elderly'.