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gerascophobia en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The abnormal and persistent fear of aging or growing old.
    • […] and Aprella, a freckled girl with straight strawberry blonde hair who had been diagnosed with gerascophobia. 2013, Claire Fitzpatrick, The Ostracism of Ophelia, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 327:
    • Thus, from gerascophobia to ageism, Euro-American society today has an overall negative view of aging. 2012, Brittany Goltry, "Prevent, Reverse, & Defy: Ageism in Magazine Advertisements", thesis submitted to Carroll College, page 1
    • Few cases of gerascophobia have been reported. 2014, Laurencia Perales-Blum, Myrthala Juárez-Treviño, Daniela Escobedo-Belloc, “Severe Growing-Up Phobia, a Condition Explained in a 14-Year-Old Boy”, in Case Reports in Psychiatry:

Synonyms

age fright · gerontophobia

Translations (1)

fr gérascophobie (fear of aging or growing old.)