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Finkelhor
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Proper noun
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en Chris Ferguson What’s Really Wrong With Young People Today: Juvenoia Time (magazine) TIME https://time.com/19818/whats-really-wrong-with-young-people-today-juvenoia/ 2014-03-12 I suspect that this case and the attention it has garnered is another example of juvenoia. Juvenoia, a term usually credited to sociologist David Finkelhor, refers to the fear of juveniles by older adults. Juvenoia is manifest in a multitude of ways, including the belief that today’s youth are worse behaved than ever before, despite much evidence to the contrary. 29 September 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250520043145/https://time.com/19818/whats-really-wrong-with-young-people-today-juvenoia/ 20 May 2025