What does Ephebophobia mean?

Answer 1

fear of children (or at least underaged people)

Answer 2

Coinage
The word ephebiphobia is formed from from Greek 'ephebos' έφηβος = teenager, underage adolescent and 'fobos' φόβος = fear, phobia.

Coinage is attributed to a 1994 article by Kirk Astroth published in Phi Delta Kappan. Today, common usage occurs internationally by sociologists, government agencies, and youth advocacy organizations that define ephebiphobia as an abnormal or irrational and persistant fear and/or loathing of teenagers or adolescence.


Similar terms
The term paedophobia has gained popular acceptance in Europe to describe the aforementioned "fear of youth Pedophobia also has extensive usage that may precede ephebiphobia in history; however, it is more commonly applied to infants and young children rather than youth, and may be mistaken as the hatred of pedophiles. Hebephobia (from Greek 'hebe' (ήβη) = youth) has also been proposed; however, no verifiable evidence is available to support that claim. Similar terms include adultism, which is a predisposition towards adults that is biased against children and youth, and ageism, which describes discrimination against any person because of their age.

Impacts
The effects of ephebiphobia appear to cause damage throughout society. At least one major economist has proposed that the fear of youth can have grave effects on the economic health of nations. A growing number of researchers report that the fear of youth affects the health of democracy, reporting that the consequential villification of youth has in the past, and continues to presently undermine public, social, political, and cultural participation among current and future generations.

Many social programs and social critics view ephebiphobia as a condemning force against youth throughout society, particularly when coupled with racism as it affects urban law enforcement, schooling, and media around the world. The effects of sexism are similarly reported to be amplified by ephebiphobia.

As it effects young people themselves, ephebiphobia has recognized as a barrier towards successful academic achievement, a barrier to successful social intervention programs, and as an indicator of the ineptitude of many adults to be successful parents.

Academics acknowledge the force of ephebiphobia in the commercial and governmental sectors of society, where this fear of youth has been extensively exploited for financial gain. This is elaborated on by social critics who claim that popular media exacerbated society's fear of youth. That notion is supported by newspaper reports of the fear of youth as a driver of social policy. A number of observers have indicated the deliberate perpetuation of mass social ephebiphobia in order to elicit particular public and social responses

Answer 3

Ephebophobia means fear of youth. It is now derived to ephebiphobia.

Answer 4

Ephebiphobia is the fear of youth.

Answer 5

Ephebiphobia is the fear of youth.