Juvenoia

Quick meaning: Juvenoia is a noun meaning (neologism) The fear or hostility directed by an older generation toward a younger one, or toward youth culture in general.

Meaning

(neologism) The fear or hostility directed by an older generation toward a younger one, or toward youth culture in general.

Example Sentences

One particularly salient and instructive example of a full blown juvenoia from recent time was the comic book scare of the 1950s, elaborated in a fascinating book by David Hajdu, The 10 Cent Plague.(Hajdu, 2009)

I suspect that this case and the attention it has garnered is another example of juvenoia. Juvenoia, a term usually credited to sociologist David Finkelhor, refers to the fear of juveniles by older adults. Juvenoia is manifest in a multitude of ways, including the belief that today’s youth are worse behaved than ever before, despite much evidence to the contrary.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hebephobia, ageism, gerontophobia, childism, gerascophobia, ageist.

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