chrometophobia

Noun

chrometophobia (uncountable)

1. Fear of money.
   • He suffered from chrometophobia, the fear of money, a clinically documented disorder.2006, Klaus W. Bender, Moneymakers: The Secret World of Banknote Printing, →ISBN, page 17
   • The proof seems to be in a strange phobia he developed later in life, a condition called chrometophobia. Carnegie went George Soros's noted disdain for money one better: He would reportedly suffer anxiety attacks at the sight or even the smell of money — and so he refused to carry cash.2008, Bruce Grierson, U-Turn: What If You Woke Up One Morning and Realized You Were Living the Wrong Life?, →ISBN, page 49