abstract:Gerontophobia (from Greek γέρων - gerōn, "old man"γέρων, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus and φόβος - phobos, "fear"φόβος, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus) is the fear of growing old, or a hatred or fear of the elderly."Gerontophobia, Ageing and Retirement" Current Science, 10 November 2004