gerontophobia

English

Etymology

geronto- +‎ -phobia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

gerontophobia (uncountable)

1. abnormal and persistent fear of aging or growing old; gerascophobia
2. abnormal and persistent fear of elderly individuals or people
3. aversion or hatred towards elderly people

Antonyms

• gerontophilia

Related terms

• gerontophobe
• gerontophobic

Translations

fear of the elderly

• Danish: gerontofobi (da) c
• French: gérontophobie (fr) f
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• Portuguese: gerontofobia f

fear of aging

• Danish: gerontofobi (da) c
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: геронтофобија f (gerontofobija)

  Roman: gerontofobija (sh) f

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