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Gerascophobia. Gerascophobia is an abnormal or incessant fear of growing older or ageing (senescence). [1] Fear is characterised as an unpleasant emotion experienced as a result of some perceived threat or source of danger, in the case of gerascophobia that threat is ageing. This fear is irrational and disproportionate to any threat posed and ...
fear of growing old or aging: Gerontophobia: fear of growing old, or a hatred or fear of the elderly Globophobia: fear of balloons: Glossophobia: fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak Gymnophobia: fear of nudity [23] Gynophobia: fear of adult women
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 ...
Ageism[1][2][3] is a bias against individuals and groups based on their age, which may take the form of discrimination at all levels against such individuals and groups, up to and including victimization and bullying. The term was coined in 1969 by Robert Neil Butler to describe discrimination against the elderly, patterned on the terminology ...
Fear of growing old may refer to: Gerascophobia; Gerontophobia This page was last edited on 28 December 2019, at 11:47 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Fear of infinity, fear of dying, panic attacks related to the event, or dreams relating to infinity, derealization, symptoms of existential OCD. Apeirophobia (from Ancient Greek: ᾰ̓́πειρος, romanized: ápeiros, lit. 'infinite, boundless') is the phobia of infinity or eternity, causing discomfort and sometimes panic attacks. [2]
“I think the house is alright being on the mound it’s built on,” Steven wrote, “but the drain outside …” Before long, the creeping waterline had almost reached the garage.
Cato Maior de Senectute ("Cato the Elder on Old Age") is an essay written by Cicero in 44 BC on the subject of aging and death. To lend his reflections greater import, [ 1 ] Cicero wrote his essay such that the esteemed Cato the Elder was lecturing to Scipio Aemilianus and Gaius Laelius Sapiens .