Gerontophobia

Gerontophobia is the fear of age-related self-degeneration (similar to Gerascophobia), or a hatred or fear of the elderly due to memento mori.[citation needed] The term comes from the Greek γέρων – gerōn, "old man"[1] and φόβος – phobos, "fear".[2] Gerontophobia has been linked to Thanatophobia as fear of old age can be a precursor to fear of death.[3] Gerontophobia can be caused by harmful stereotypes of elderly people displayed in the media[4]

  1. ^ γέρων, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
  2. ^ φόβος, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
  3. ^ Jacobsen, Michael Hviid; Teodorescu, Adriana (2022), "Gerontophobia: The cultural roots of the old-age anxiety in contemporary society", Shaping Ageing, Routledge, doi:10.4324/9781003046790-4, ISBN 978-1-003-04679-0, S2CID 246347774, retrieved 2022-03-27
  4. ^ "The Manifestation of Gerontophobic Stereotypes in Russian Television - Media Watch Journal". 2020-12-21. doi:10.15655/mw/2020/v11i4/204638. S2CID 234538918. Retrieved 2022-03-12. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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