English

Noun

gerascophobia ‎(uncountable)

1. The abnormal and persistent fear of aging or growing old.
   • 2012, Brittany Goltry, "Prevent, Reverse, & Defy: Ageism in Magazine Advertisements", thesis submitted to Carroll College, page 1:

     Thus, from gerascophobia to ageism, Euro-American society today has an overall negative view of aging.

   • 2013, Claire Fitzpatrick, The Ostracism of Ophelia, Lulu.com (2013), ISBN 9781291402605, page 327:

     […] and Aprella, a freckled girl with straight strawberry blonde hair who had been diagnosed with gerascophobia.

   • 2014, Laurencia Perales-Blum, Myrthala Juárez-Treviño, & Daniela Escobedo-Belloc, "Severe Growing-Up Phobia, a Condition Explained in a 14-Year-Old Boy", Case Reports in Psychiatry:

     Few cases of gerascophobia have been reported.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:gerascophobia.

Synonyms

• gerontophobia