Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pornophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pornopho-bia
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An aversion to pornography.

Uncountable

noun

Fear of prostitutes

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"1968 Quest Fear of pornography, or 'pornophobia' as I choose to call it, is a terribly unbalancing mental condition."
"1995 Read, reason, write The Perils of Pornophobia Nadine Strossen Earning her law degree at Harvard University"
"2004 Unrepentant Whore I don't want to fight my sisters, and pornophobia is not quite a recognized social ill at this point, so I just better relax."
"2007 Pornology “Pornophobic?” That's his response to my impassioned arguments about why porn is anti-feminist and misogynistic?"
"1994 Uncontrollable Bodies Pornophobia means the fear of prostitutes."

Etymology

From porno- + -phobia.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: porno
Suffix: phobia

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

pornophobe pornophobic

Questions

What does pornophobia mean?: An aversion to pornography.
Where does pornophobia come from?: From porno- + -phobia.

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