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"Gerontophobia is defined as the fear of growing old or a hatred of old people. The definition is curiously double-edged. It encompasses both the fears and self-doubt of individuals as they age; even more importantly it describes a sense of hostility that sometimes appears directed at an older generation, by a new and upcoming order". ^[1] Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

Indicators

Ken Dychtwald identifies seven markers that can make up this phobia in chapter two of Age Wave: How the Most Important Trend of Our Time Will Change Your Future:

• If young is good, then old is bad
• If the young have it all, the old are losing it
• If the young are creative, the old are dull
• If the young are beautiful then the old are unattractive
• If the young are stimulating, then the old are boring
• If the young are full of passion, then the old are beyond caring
• If the children are tomorrow, the old represent yesterday

Gerontophobia is also a common theme^{[citation needed]} in fairytales in which the baddie was always an old woman, usually a witch, called a hag, e.g. Baba Yaga in Russia. Although, old men are presented as wise wizards, often good, in Russian folklore, there is an evil old one called Koschei the Deathless. The goodies in fairytales were always adolescent girls, who were the innocent defenceless princesses or maidens of great beauty rescued by adolescent boys who were brave, handsome princes, in love with these maidens. Sometimes a young bearded man or even a middle-aged one, longs for one of these maidens, such as in Sadko and in the Snow Maiden suggesting ephebophilia. The maiden rejects them for the adolescent boy, as happens in Rimsky's opera version of the Snow Maiden, thus showing a milder form of gerontophobia on the part of the maiden. A fairy tale is a story, either told to children or as if told to children, concerning the adventures of mythical characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, and others. ... A hag (or crone) is a kind of malevolent, wizened old woman, or a kind of fairy having the appearance of such a woman, often found in folklore and childrens tales such as Hansel and Gretel. ... Yaga can refer to: Yajna (Hindu mythology) Baba Yaga (Russian mythology) Yaga (clothing company) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... In Russian mythology, Koschei (Russian: , Koshchey) is an evil person of ugly senile appearance, menacing principally young women. ... A separate article is about the punk band called The Adolescents. ... // Two Tamil girls in Tiruvannamalai. ... For other meanings, see Prince (disambiguation). ... Many see natural beauty in the folded petals of a rose Beauty is a quality of a person, object, place, or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure, affirmation, meaning, or goodness. ... A separate article is about the punk band called The Adolescents. ... Four boys on the West Bank. ... For other meanings, see Prince (disambiguation). ... A man with a full beard A beard is the hair that grows on a mans chin, cheeks, neck, and the area above the upper lip (the opposite is a clean-shaven face). ... Sadko in the Underwater Kingdom, a painting by Ilya Repin (1876) Sadko (Садко in Russian) is an opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. ... Snegurochka pictured in a Russian childrens book Snegurochka (Russian: ), or the Snow Maiden, is a character in Russian fairy tales. ... An Ephebe Kisses A Man Tondo from an Attic kylix, 5th c. ...

Gerontophobic Language^{[citation needed]}:

• "coffin dodger"
• "old bags,"
• "old hags,"
• "old biddies,"
• "old birds,"
• "old fogies,"
• "old fangled,"
• "old farts,"
• "old fashioned,"
• "old geezers,"
• "old and decrepit,"
• "old timers,"
• "over the hill,"
• "blue hairs,"
• "golden oldies,"
• "vulnerable,"
• "frail,"
• "declining,"
• "dowdy,"
• "doddering,"
• "fuddy duddies,"
• "out of touch,"
• "not getting any younger'"
• "responsible for a mountain of debt that will become an intolerable burden on society."

See also

• Ageism
• Phobia

Age discrimination is a prejudice against a certain individual or group because of their age. ... See also -phob-, which discusses non-clinical uses of the suffix -phobia. See Phobia (album) for the Breaking Benjamin album. ...

External links

• AGEISM AND AGING UP: A Q and A with Mariah
• MedFriendly
• Age Wave
• Buy Age Wave: How the Most Important Trend of Our Time Will Change Your Future on Amazon.com