Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aphobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: apho-bia
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Fearlessness or lack of fear.

Uncountable

noun

Fear, dislike, or hatred of asexual and/or aromantic people.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Similar ones occurring daily in a large metropolis like ours, where aphobia for operations walks extant and can be easily acquired."
"Put the body into a state of aphobia, fearlessness, the Spartans believe, and the mind will follow."
"I find joy and meaning in my life when I embrace life with aphobia."
"Where aphobia goes wrong is that it assumes that some ace people 'pass' as straight, and therefore experience no discrimination."
"This should've been the moment I shucked off the last fetter of my internalised aphobia and claimed my asexuality as my own."
"If you can recognize the mircoagressions we've discussed here and their variants in the world, you can spot aphobia."

Etymology

From a- (“without”) + phobia.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: a
Suffix: phobia

Usage

Uncountable

Rhymes With

homophobia phobia xenophobia claustrophobia agoraphobia zenobia arachnophobia photophobia trypophobia hydrophobia acrophobia coulrophobia

Questions

What does aphobia mean?: Fearlessness or lack of fear.
Where does aphobia come from?: From a- (“without”) + phobia.

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