bibliophobia
bibliophobia noun: the fear or dislike of books.
Noun
bibliophobia (uncountable)
- The fear or dislike of books.
- […] yet even he could not stand against that sin when temporarily infected with the poison of Bibliophobia.1818, Religio Christiani, a Churchman's Answer to Religio Clerici, quoted in The Gentleman's Magazine, October 1818, page 345
- What a tragic illness bibliophobia is!1963, John B. Nicholson, “A Disease Known as Bibliophobia”, in Reading and the Art of Librarianship, published 1986, →ISBN, page 10
- Antonyms:
- bibliophilia
- The fear or dislike of the Bible.
- Homophobia? I wonder who is pushing that term forward. Those who would try to change reality. Bibliophobia is the real problem. Fear of what the bible plainly says.1998 April 8, Rihannsu Alien, quoting Jacob Rossman, “Current Scholarship on Homosexuals & the Bible”, in alt.christnet.christianlife (Usenet), published 14 April 1998, archived from the original on...
- Do I detect yet another example of anti-religious bigotry and/or bibliophobia. […]
> I am doing an essay for college and I am wondering why people drag
> religion everywhere they go. People believe everything in this world
> according to some rediculous book in the bible.2002 March 13, dgillesp, “Religious People Drag Religion Everywhere”, in alt.atheism (Usenet), archived from the original on 07 Feb 2026
- Antonyms:
- bibliophilia
Examples of bibliophobia in a sentence
- E-literacy derives not from bibliophobia, then, but from the miraculous and evolving advent of digital technology, the Information Age and the Electronic Word.2008, Mark Bauerlein, The Dumbest Generation, →ISBN, page 67:
- Bibliophobia can be taken too far as in the case of some posters here.2003 July 28, hippo, “Six flood myths that did not originate independently”, in soc.history.ancient (Usenet), archived from the original on...
Antonyms of bibliophobia
Origin of bibliophobia
From biblio- + -phobia.
Questions about bibliophobia
- What does bibliophobia mean?
- Bibliophobia means the fear or dislike of books.
- How do you use bibliophobia in a sentence?
- E-literacy derives not from bibliophobia, then, but from the miraculous and evolving advent of digital technology, the Information Age and the Electronic Word.
- What part of speech is bibliophobia?
- Bibliophobia is a noun.
Words near bibliophobia in the dictionary
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