Age (social construct)

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Age is a method of classifying humans defined as the amount of time a human has been alive, most often measured in years.^[1]

Age plays a significant role in society, with the way people are treated often depending on their age- for example, elderly people often face age discrimination due to stereotypes about them.^[2]

While most of the world assigns an individual the age of 0 at birth, some cultures instead start the count at 1.^[3]

References

^ "The Age-Old Problem of Age". Antidote.info.
^ "Ageism". www.who.int.
^ McCurry, Justin (2023-06-28). "South Koreans become a year or two younger as country changes system for counting ages". The Guardian. Retrieved 2026-03-11.

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