aetonormativity.
Any assumption of an age-based norm and particularly the assumption that adults and adult experiences are normative while children and childish experiences are consequently deviant or other.
Meaning & usage
Any assumption of an age-based norm and particularly the assumption that adults and adult experiences are normative while children and childish experiences are consequently deviant or other.
Could one consequence of aetonormativity be that most picture books are written by adults, despite their target audience being children?
Where this word comes from
Coined in 2009 by Maria Nikolajeva, from Latin aetas (“age”) + normativity.
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