You are 49 years old and you were rejected for a job.You later find out that someone 10 years younger than you received the job because the employer thought that someone younger than you "would be more suitable to handle the rapid pace of the job environment." What term is used to describe the excuse as to why an older person is rejected for a job?

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Euphemism is a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh, blunt, or offensive. In this case, the employer used the euphemism "would be more suitable to handle the rapid pace of the job environment" to avoid saying that they thought the older person was too old for the job.

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