gerascophobia

== English == === Noun === gerascophobia (uncountable) The abnormal and persistent fear of aging or growing old. 2012, Brittany Goltry, "Prevent, Reverse, & Defy: Ageism in Magazine Advertisements", thesis submitted to Carroll College, page 1: Thus, from gerascophobia to ageism, Euro-American society today has an overall negative view of aging. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:gerascophobia. ==== Synonyms ==== age fright gerontophobia ==== Translations ====