ephebiphobia
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ἔφηβος (éphēbos, “youth”) + -phobia. The coinage of this term is attributed to a 1994 article by Kirk Astroth published in Phi Delta Kappan.[1]
Noun
editephebiphobia (uncountable)
- An irrational fear of adolescent people.
- 2011, Gosia M. Brykczynska, Joan Simons, editors, Ethical and Philosophical Aspects of Nursing Children and Young People, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 101:
- Indeed, Byron (2009) suggests that ephebiphobia (fear of youth) is a historically nurtured and culturally damaging phenomenon that is worse today than ever.
- 2012, Barry Keith Grant, editor, Film Genre Reader IV, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 585:
- However, Hollywood studios did not suddenly blank on hedonistic teen roles in the early 1950s: their process of introducing the postwar teenager was careful if not apprehensive, as they gradually exaggerated the ephebiphobia—fear of teenagers—that was seeping into popular culture and politics.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Gough, P. (2000) "Detoxifying Schools." Phi Delta Kappan. March 1, 2000.