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juvenoia

noun
/d͡ʒuːvəˈnɔɪə/

Etymology

Coined by American sociologist David Finkelhor in 2010, from a blend of juvenile + paranoia.

  1. learned borrowing from παράνοια
  2. compounded as juvenoia — “juvenile + paranoia”

Definitions

  1. The fear or hostility directed by an older generation toward a younger one, or toward…

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

    • 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)

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA