Gerontophobia (from Greek γ?ρων - gerōn, "old man"γ?ρων, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus and φ?βο? - phobos, "fear"φ?βο?, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus) is the fear of growing old, or a hatred or fear of the elderly."Gerontophobia, Ageing and Retirement" Current Science, 10 November 2004