an abnormal fear or hatred of old people or the idea of growing old
gerontophobia in American English
(dʒəˌrɑntəˈfoubiə)
noun
1.
a fear of old people
2.
a fear of old age, esp. of growing old
Word origin
[1975–80; geronto- + -phobia]This word is first recorded in the period 1975–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: hybridoma, noogie, retrovirus, surrogate mother, videotex-phobia is a combining form meaning “fear,” occurring in loanwords from Greek (hydrophobia). On this model, -phobia is used in the names of mental disorders that have the general sense “dread of, aversiontoward” that specified by the initial element. Other words that use the affix -phobia include: Anglophobia, agoraphobia, claustrophobia, photophobia, triskaidekaphobia
Examples of 'gerontophobia' in a sentence
gerontophobia
Visibility of old age may be one of the causes of so‑called “gerontophobia”.
Magdalena Wieczorkowska 2018, 'Social and Economic Effects of the Medicalization of Old Age and Aging', Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomicahttps://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/foe/article/view/889. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)