age identity
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.57 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The age category such as "child", "young adult", "old person", etc. that is part of a person's self-identity.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- ""You're only as old as you feel." This cultural adage captures an understanding of age as more than simple chronology; rather, age is a construct having social content and personal meaning. This viewpoint is also reflected in a scholarly interest in age identity, or the circumstances under which people attach age labels to themselves and the consequences of those labels."
- "While all identities are inherently dynamic, age identity constitutes a special case of normative identity fluidity and temporality: individuals are expected to belong to different chronologically sequenced age identities over the course of their lives[…]"
- "One way in which generational studies can inform age identity studies is by leveraging the common age-based generational identity labels of Millennials, Baby Boomers, and Generation X to explore how their associated stereotypes […] can inform self and others' definitions."
- "Most people's "age identity" appears to be heavy on the declining body and product placement, light on culture."