Meaning of age fright | Babel Free

Definitions

The fear of getting older.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“Suggest⟳ a sermon or presentation on an appropriate topic such as "Accept⟳ Your Age,” or “Overcoming Age Fright."”

“In terms of onstage creative work⟳, I'm working on an autobiographical piece called Age Fright, which parallels age fright and stage⟳ fright and is part of my larger research⟳ project looking at ageing, intimacy and fear.”

“He looked at the mirror - the sight made him grin, It could not be clearer...age-fright was no sin.”

“I developed Getting On, a back stage⟳ tour, a workshop guide⟳ for dealing with elders on issues of ‘agefright’ created in collaboration with Leslie Hill and Helen Paris at Stanford University.”

“I don't know⟳ if this is incurable stage⟳ fright, or age fright!”

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