Meaning of juvenophobia | Babel Free

Definitions

An aversion or hatred towards young people.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“Those who prohibit students from getting involved in the political process are simply suffering from “juvenophobia”. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a neologism that I coined to refer to a sickness that prevents some adults from associating with young people, to open up a sincere and frank dialogue with them and to seek to improve their education.”

“Fortunately, the intergenerational problem in Russian society today is not yet antagonistic, and such conflicts are not accompanied by deformations of relations such as gerontophobia or juvenophobia.”

“In a sense, this conclusion echoes the ‘juvenophobia’ of the Soviet regime, which was expressed in either direct suppression of youth culture or in its covert control (Kretzschmar, 1994).”

CEFR level