gerontophobia
gerontophobia noun: an abnormal and persistent fear of aging or growing old.
Noun
gerontophobia (uncountable)
- An abnormal and persistent fear of aging or growing old.
- Synonyms:
- age fright, gerascophobia
- An abnormal and persistent fear of elderly individuals or people.
- An aversion or hatred towards elderly people.
Synonyms of gerontophobia
Antonyms
Origin of gerontophobia
From geronto- + -phobia.
Words that rhyme with gerontophobia
- aerophobia
- homophobia
- hydrophobia
- -phobia
- agoraphobia
- bathophobia
- Francophobia
- phobia
- radiophobia
- uxorophobia
- xanthophobia
- xenophobia
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- ablutophobia
- acephobia
- acousticophobia
- acrophobia
- adverbophobia
- agraphobia
- aibohphobia
- aichmophobia
- algophobia
- altophobia
- amathophobia
- amaxophobia
- ambulophobia
- androphobia
- anthophobia
- aphobia
- apiphobia
- arachibutyrophobia
- arachnophobia
- astraphobia
- astrophobia
- aviatophobia
- aviophobia
- bacillophobia
- batrachophobia
- botanophobia
- brontophobia
- bryobia
- cacophobia
- cancerphobia
- carcinophobia
- claustrophobia
- clinophobia
- clithrophobia
- coulrophobia
- cynophobia
- decidophobia
- emetophobia
- epistolophobia
- erotophobia
- eurotophobia
- gephyrophobia
- graphophobia
- gymnophobia
- gynophobia
- heliophobia
- hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
- hippophobia
Questions about gerontophobia
- What does gerontophobia mean?
- Gerontophobia means an abnormal and persistent fear of aging or growing old.
- What part of speech is gerontophobia?
- Gerontophobia is a noun.
Words near gerontophobia in the dictionary
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