Oenophobia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The fear or hatred of wine; anxiety related to wine. uncountable

    "You open it randomly, hit several pages devoted to "Cote de Nuits" alone, and go into advanced hypertensive oenophobia (wine-sticker shock)."

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"You open it randomly, hit several pages devoted to "Cote de Nuits" alone, and go into advanced hypertensive oenophobia (wine-sticker shock)."

Etymology

From oeno- + -phobia.

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