Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taxaphobic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: taxa-pho-bic
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Fearing or opposing taxes.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Today Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner, from Illinois, has the challenging task of selling a taxaphobic nation on the rationality of spending much more on infrastructure."
"The complicated U.S. taxation systems, the bureaucratic madness of the April 15th deadline, drive honest taxpayers insane and most have become taxaphobic."
"Taxes drove the American Revolution, for we were a taxaphobic people who believed in severely limited government."

Etymology

tax + -a- + -phobic

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more taxaphobic (comparative) most taxaphobic (superlative)

Questions

What does taxaphobic mean?: Fearing or opposing taxes.
Where does taxaphobic come from?: tax + -a- + -phobic

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