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PRONUNCIATION OF GERONTOPHOBIA

gerontophobia  [dʒɛˌrɒntəˈfəʊbɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GERONTOPHOBIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gerontophobia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GERONTOPHOBIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of gerontophobia in the English dictionary

The definition of gerontophobia in the dictionary is the fear, or hate, of the elderly or of growing old.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GERONTOPHOBIA


acrophobia
ˌækrəˈfəʊbɪə
aerophobia
ˌɛərəˈfəʊbɪə
agoraphobia
ˌæɡərəˈfəʊbɪə
arachnophobia
əˌræknəˈfəʊbɪə
claustrophobia
ˌklɔːstrəˈfəʊbɪə
emetophobia
ɪˌmetəˈfəʊbɪə
homophobia
ˌhəʊməʊˈfəʊbɪə
hydrophobia
ˌhaɪdrəˈfəʊbɪə
Islamophobia
ˌɪzlɑːməˈfəʊbɪə
monophobia
ˌmɒnəʊˈfəʊbɪə
neophobia
ˌniːəʊˈfəʊbɪə
nomophobia
ˌnəʊməʊˈfəʊbɪə
nyctophobia
ˌnɪktəʊˈfəʊbɪə
phobia
ˈfəʊbɪə
phonophobia
ˌfəʊnəʊˈfəʊbɪə
photophobia
ˌfəʊtəʊˈfəʊbɪə
scopophobia
ˌskɒpəˈfəʊbɪə
technophobia
ˌtɛknəʊˈfəʊbɪə
triskaidekaphobia
ˌtrɪskaɪˌdɛkəˈfəʊbɪə
xenophobia
ˌzɛnəˈfəʊbɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GERONTOPHOBIA

gerontic
gerontocracies
gerontocracy
gerontocrat
gerontocratic
gerontologic
gerontological
gerontologist
gerontology
gerontomorphic
gerontophil
gerontophile
gerontophilia
gerontophobe
geropiga
gerrymander
gerrymanderer
gerrymandering

WORDS THAT END LIKE GERONTOPHOBIA

aichmophobia
ailurophobia
algophobia
anglophobia
anthropophobia
aquaphobia
astraphobia
astrophobia
autophobia
gynophobia
necrophobia
ornithophobia
panophobia
pyrophobia
Russophobia
school phobia
sitophobia
social phobia
thanatophobia
Zenobia
zoophobia

Synonyms and antonyms of gerontophobia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gerontophobia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GERONTOPHOBIA

Find out the translation of gerontophobia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gerontophobia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gerontophobia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

gerontophobia
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gerontofobia
570 millions of speakers

English

gerontophobia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

gerontophobia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رهاب الشيخوخة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

gerontophobia
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gerontophobia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

gerontophobia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gérontophobie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gerontophobia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gerontophobia
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

gerontophobia
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

gerontophobia
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gerontophobia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gerontophobia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

gerontophobia
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गॅरंटोफोबिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gerontophobia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gerontophobia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gerontophobia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

gerontophobia
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gerontophobia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

gerontophobia
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gerontophobia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gerontophobia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gerontophobia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gerontophobia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GERONTOPHOBIA»

The term «gerontophobia» is used very little and occupies the 184.036 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GERONTOPHOBIA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gerontophobia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GERONTOPHOBIA»

Discover the use of gerontophobia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gerontophobia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ageism: Negative and Positive
This distinction is similar to the familiar distinction between personal racism and institutional racism (Levin & Levin, 1982). Gerontophobia and gerontophilia (next section) are examples of personal ageism, whereas gerontocracy is an example  ...
Erdman Ballagh Palmore, 1999
2
Gerontophobia
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Gerd Numitor, 2012
3
Gerontophobia
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Gerontophobia is the fear of growing old, or a hatred or fear of the elderly.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2010
4
Youth Culture and the Generation Gap
Extreme individualism without limits was then, and is now, a dangerous lifestyle. 406 Gerontophobia That segment of the young who promoted the punk viewpoint in the 1970s was obsessed with aging. This fear is called gerontophobia, and ...
Gerhard Falk, Ursula A. Falk, 2005
5
Handbook of Geriatric Nursing Care
Gerontophobia refers to this fear and the refusal to accept older people into the mainstream of society. Anyone — regardless of age — can experience gerontophobia, which sometimes causes strange behavior, such as teenagers buying anti ...
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003
6
The Artist Grows Old: The Aging of Art and Artists in Italy, ...
As Western postmodern society labors to free itself from destructive biases such as racism and sexism, anxieties about corporeal decline and death continue to fuel a flaming gerontophobia that may be more resistant to suppression than ...
Philip Lindsay Sohm, 2007
7
Aging and Its Discontents: Freud and Other Fictions
Thomas Mann, The Black Swan, trans. Willard R. Trask (New York: Knopf, 1954) 5. For a discussion of literary representations of gerontophobia in the English tradition, see Richard Freedman's excellent "Sufficiently Decayed: Gerontophobia ...
Kathleen M. Woodward, 1991
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Embodied Shame: Uncovering Female Shame in Contemporary ...
Uncovering Female Shame in Contemporary Women's Writings J. Brooks Bouson. CHAPTER 9 Gerontophobia and the Cultural Shaming of the Elderly Woman in May Sarton's As We Are Now and Margaret Laurence's The Stone Angel ...
J. Brooks Bouson, 2010
9
Women of a Certain Age: Contemporary Italian Fictions of ...
In this essay Gullette examines three cases of ageism: gerontophobia, middle- ageism, and representations of "youth in crisis." For a detailed definition of " feminist age studies," see Gullette 's entry Age Studies and Gender" in the Encyclopedia ...
Rita Cavigioli, 2005
10
Sociolinguistics and Social Theory
Gerontophobia and the 'othering' of the old I referred earlier to a generalised societal gerontophobia — fear of or revulsion at old age, which is the clearest manifestation of ageism. Its psycho— analytic origins are in the repression of death, ...
Nikolas Coupland, Srikant Sarangi, Christopher N. Candlin, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GERONTOPHOBIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gerontophobia is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Age discrimination in the workplace rife: report
... gerontophobia is the new bigotry. Even America's Dr Phil recently got in on the discrimination act recently when he said “65 is almost 80″. «Australian Ageing Agenda, Apr 15»
2
Winning Writers Increases Prizes in Tom Howard/John H. Reid …
Peggy Schimmelman's 'Gerontophobia' is a finely crafted story, with a twist worthy of O. Henry. Greg Wright's 'Where Nothing Ever Happens' is ... «PR Web, Mar 15»
3
Teacher With Pedophobia, Or 'Fear Of Kids,' Loses Disability Case …
And yes, gerontophobia — or the fear of old people — also exists. Waltherr-Willard, who is 63 years old, reportedly taught Spanish and French ... «Medical Daily, Feb 15»
4
The Liberation of Growing Old
Such “gerontophobia” is harmful because we internalize it. Ageism has been described as prejudice against one's future self. It tells us that age ... «New York Times, Jan 15»
5
How to Age: re-imagining growing old
In it she argues that we have to actively embrace aging in order to overcome the gerontophobia that has blossomed in our society. «ABC Online, Dec 14»
6
Why it's time to face up to old age
Anxiety about growing old and hostility toward the old are strains of the same gerontophobia, writes Karpf, who calls ageism “prejudice against ... «Macleans.ca, Oct 14»
7
Offra Gerstein, Relationship Matters: Dealing with the dread of aging
During the 19th and 20th centuries, the "cult of the youth" emerged and "gerontophobia," the fear of aging, was born. Today's society views ... «Santa Cruz Sentinel, Aug 14»
8
Paxo: Jeremy Paxman at the Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival, review …
... while at G (for gerontophobia), Paxman cheekily – and hypocritically, suggests Tilling – jokes that there are far too many old people in Britain, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 14»
9
Jeremy Paxman: I'm setting up a Dignitas franchise
... of the alphabet. For each letter, Paxman had a five-minute routine prepared. The letter 'G' was for gerontophobia: a dislike of the elderly. «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 14»
10
Elderly action heroes and Hollywood age issues
Nonetheless, men aren't completely immune from the popular gerontophobia - fear of old age - either, and you can get a sense of that at times if ... «Den Of Geek, Aug 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Gerontophobia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/gerontophobia>. Apr 2024 ».
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