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Examples
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And he makes the astonishing statement that American society "is not gerontophobic now," for if it were, "we would be pushing the old into gas ovens or letting them die in squalor."
Growing Old: An Exchange Fischer, David Hackett 1977
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It's not clear if the Mail is upset at the idea of Ross having sex with anyone, or if they're so gerontophobic they believe that the very idea that you might have sex with anyone over the average age of their readership is, in itself, wrong.
No Rock And Roll Fun 2009
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It's not clear if the Mail is upset at the idea of Ross having sex with anyone, or if they're so gerontophobic they believe that the very idea that you might have sex with anyone over the average age of their readership is, in itself, wrong.
No Rock And Roll Fun 2009
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He's old and it isn't gerontophobic to depict him that way.
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He believes that "American (and English) society never was gerontophilic, even in theory, and it is certainly not gerontophobic now.
Growing Old: An Exchange Fischer, David Hackett 1977
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