Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aporophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
aporo-pho-bia
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fear of poverty or poor people; antipathy toward them both.

Uncountable

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Etymology

From Spanish aporofobia, from Ancient Greek ἄπορος (áporos, “indigent, poor”) + -phobia, by analogy with xenophobia. Term coined by the Spanish philosopher Adela Cortina in the 1990s.

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What does aporophobia mean?
The fear of poverty or poor people; antipathy toward them both.
Where does aporophobia come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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