aphobia
aphobia noun: fearlessness or lack of fear.
Noun (1)
aphobia (uncountable)
- Fearlessness or lack of fear.
- Similar ones occurring daily in a large metropolis like ours, where aphobia for operations walks extant and can be easily acquired.1898 August, Chas. J. Proben, “New York Letter”, in Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 15, number 7, page 457
- Put the body into a state of aphobia, fearlessness, the Spartans believe, and the mind will follow.1998, Steven Pressfield, Gates of Fire, page 78
Noun (2)
aphobia (uncountable)
- Fear, dislike, or hatred of asexual and/or aromantic people.
- Where aphobia goes wrong is that it assumes that some ace people 'pass' as straight, and therefore experience no discrimination.2017, Ariel Scott, “Stop Saying It's Asexual Because That's Not What It Means”, in ShOUT Zine, page 12
- This should've been the moment I shucked off the last fetter of my internalised aphobia and claimed my asexuality as my own.2022 August 16, Carmelia Argani, “Am I actually asexual, or is everyone else obsessed with sex?”, in Honi Soit, University of Sydney, page 14
Examples of aphobia in a sentence
- I find joy and meaning in my life when I embrace life with aphobia.2014, Alex Pattakos, The OPA! Way: Finding Joy & Meaning in Everyday Life & Work, page 208:
- If you can recognize the mircoagressions we've discussed here and their variants in the world, you can spot aphobia.2023, Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life, page 208:
Origin of aphobia
From a- (“without”) + phobia.
a- + (from asexual or aromantic) + -phobia
Words that rhyme with aphobia
- aerophobia
- gerontophobia
- homophobia
- hydrophobia
- -phobia
- agoraphobia
- bathophobia
- Francophobia
- phobia
- radiophobia
- uxorophobia
- xanthophobia
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- xenophobia
- ablutophobia
- acephobia
- acousticophobia
- acrophobia
- adverbophobia
- agraphobia
- aibohphobia
- aichmophobia
- algophobia
- altophobia
- amathophobia
- amaxophobia
- ambulophobia
- androphobia
- anthophobia
- 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 aphobia
- What does aphobia mean?
- Aphobia means fearlessness or lack of fear.
- How do you use aphobia in a sentence?
- I find joy and meaning in my life when I embrace life with aphobia.
- What part of speech is aphobia?
- Aphobia is a noun.
Words near aphobia in the dictionary
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