juvenophobiaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

juvenophobia (uncountable)

1. (rare) An aversion or hatred towards young people.

   Coordinate terms: gerontophobia, juvenophilia

   • 1992 Summer, René Philombé, translated by Ahmed Sheikh Bangura, ALA Bulletin, volume 18, number 3, African Literature Association, page 29:

     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.

   • 2004 February, V.T. Lisovskii, “For a Dialogue on Relations Between the Generations”, in Russian Education and Society, volume 46, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, page 56:

     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.

   • 2004 April, Tat’iana Barchunova, Natal’ia Beletskaia, “Without fear and reproach: the role-playing games community as a challenge to mainstream culture”, in Sibirica, volume 4, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 119:

     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).