Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peniaphobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pe-nia-pho-bia
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Piggy banks are helpful for persons with "peniaphobia," an abnormal fear of poverty."
"Maybe you have peniaphobia, but God wants you live among and minister to the poor […]"
"Our strategy is not driven by brobdingnagian principles: it is quite simply to excel in whatever we do and my personal optimism for the future stems from the knowledge that our entrepreneurial Agencies are driven to achieve. Perhaps this is due to peniaphobia but more likely it stems from a passion to establish the mission™ as the most respected and regarded Agency group in the UK."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πενία (penía, “poverty”) + -phobia. Related to Latin penuria (“poverty”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: πενία
Suffix: phobia

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

miserliness

Synonyms

aporophobia

Questions

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

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