Aphobia

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Fearlessness or lack of fear. uncountable

    "Similar ones occurring daily in a large metropolis like ours, where aphobia for operations walks extant and can be easily acquired."

  2. 2
    Fear, dislike, or hatred of asexual and/or aromantic people. neologism, uncountable

    "Where aphobia goes wrong is that it assumes that some ace people 'pass' as straight, and therefore experience no discrimination."

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"Similar ones occurring daily in a large metropolis like ours, where aphobia for operations walks extant and can be easily acquired."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From a- (“without”) + phobia.

Etymology 2

a- + (from asexual or aromantic) + -phobia

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