Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pozphobe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poz-phobe
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who exhibits pozphobia; one who is prejudiced towards HIV positive people.

Example Sentences

"Quite the opposite: Sterling seems completely indifferent to who his girlfriend sleeps with when she's not with him—white dudes, black dudes, blue dudes, HIV+ dudes. (Johnson is HIV+, of course, so Sterling can't be faulted for being a pozphobe.)"

Etymology

From poz + -phobe.

Inflected Forms

pozphobes (plural)

Questions

What does pozphobe mean?: One who exhibits pozphobia; one who is prejudiced towards HIV positive people.
Where does pozphobe come from?: From poz + -phobe.

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