acephobia
/ˌeɪsˈfəʊbiə/
acephobia noun: fear, dislike, or hatred of asexual people and/or human asexuality.
Noun
acephobia (uncountable)
- Fear, dislike, or hatred of asexual people and/or human asexuality.
- It’s important to talk about asexuality because it’s often an overlooked sexual identity, and acephobia – discrimination against asexual people – is experienced by many asexual people.2013, Lee Thomas, "LGBTQrazy: A is for…", The Brunswickan (University of New Brunswick), Volume 147, Issue 7, 17 October 2013, page 10
- Overall, bias against asexuals remained strong even after allotting for social prejudice against single people, confirming that acephobia is distinct from singlism.2022, Sherronda J. Brown, Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture, page 26
- Synonyms:
- acemisia
Synonyms of acephobia
Origin of acephobia
From ace (“asexual”) + -phobia.
Words formed from acephobia
Words that rhyme with acephobia
- aerophobia
- gerontophobia
- homophobia
- hydrophobia
- -phobia
- agoraphobia
- bathophobia
- Francophobia
- phobia
- radiophobia
- uxorophobia
- xanthophobia
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- xenophobia
- ablutophobia
- acousticophobia
- acrophobia
- adverbophobia
- agraphobia
- aibohphobia
- aichmophobia
- algophobia
- altophobia
- amathophobia
- amaxophobia
- ambulophobia
- androphobia
- anthophobia
- aphobia
- apiphobia
- arachibutyrophobia
- arachnophobia
- astraphobia
- astrophobia
- aviatophobia
- aviophobia
- bacillophobia
- batrachophobia
- botanophobia
- brontophobia
- bryobia
- cacophobia
- cancerphobia
- carcinophobia
- claustrophobia
- clinophobia
- clithrophobia
- coulrophobia
- cynophobia
- decidophobia
- emetophobia
- epistolophobia
- erotophobia
- eurotophobia
- gephyrophobia
- graphophobia
- gymnophobia
- gynophobia
- heliophobia
- hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
- hippophobia
Questions about acephobia
- What does acephobia mean?
- Acephobia means fear, dislike, or hatred of asexual people and/or human asexuality.
- What part of speech is acephobia?
- Acephobia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce acephobia?
- Acephobia is pronounced /ˌeɪsˈfəʊbiə/.
Words near acephobia in the dictionary
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