Meaning of age identity | Babel Free

Definitions

The age category such as "child", "young adult", "old person", etc. that is part of a person's self-identity.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“"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.”

CEFR level