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age fright

age fright noun: the fear of getting older.

Noun

age fright (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The fear of getting older.
    • Suggest a sermon or presentation on an appropriate topic such as "Accept Your Age,” or “Overcoming Age Fright."1988, Dorothea Marvin Nyberg, Life Support, page 137
    • In terms of onstage creative work, I'm working on an autobiographical piece called Age Fright, which parallels age fright and stage fright and is part of my larger research project looking at ageing, intimacy and fear.2013, Caoimhe McAvinchey (editor), Performance and Community: Commentary and Case Studies

Synonyms of age fright

Forms of age fright

alternative formage-fright
alternative formagefright

Origin of age fright

From age + fright, modelled after stage fright.

Questions about age fright

What does age fright mean?
Age fright means the fear of getting older.
What part of speech is age fright?
Age fright is a noun.

Words near age fright in the dictionary

  1. age distribution
  2. age distributions
  3. age dream
  4. age dreamer
  5. age dreamers
  6. age fright
  7. age gap
  8. age gaps
  9. age gate
  10. age gates
  11. age grade

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