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Is there a fear of grandparents?

Question #120075. Asked by George95.

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From my understanding a person could have a phobia about anything (including nothing).

I could not find a specific name for the fear of grandparents, but the fear of relatives is syngenesophobia.

link http://phobialist.com/reverse.html#R-


Jan 24 2011, 7:15 PM
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There's also: Gerontophobia -- Fear of old people or of growing old.

link http://phobialist.com/

Jan 24 2011, 7:38 PM
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And Aviphobia (invented from the Latin avi for grandparents, since I don't know the Greek) could be coined to cover it. It does not seem to be common enough to have been given its own name.

link http://browse.dict.cc/english-latin/grandparents.html

link http://phobialist.com/reverse.html

Jan 25 2011, 1:32 AM
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