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chrysophobia

chrysophobia noun: an aversion to gold; aurophobia.

Noun

chrysophobia (uncountable)

  1. (humorous, informal, rare) An aversion to gold; aurophobia.
    • All the experts, or would-be experts, in currency matters can be divided into two main groups, those to whom gold is a thorn in their flesh […] and those who have a predilection for gold and who shall be baptized chrysophiles. The intellectual genealogy of modern chrysophobia as a new trend remains...1969, Wilhelm Röpke, Against the Tide, page 232
  2. (informal, rare) An aversion to the color orange.
    • Alexandra Darby - Chrysophobia #1 (2014).2015 January 8, Graham Young, “New Art West Midlands: Emerging artists given chance to showcase work”, in Birmingham Mail
    • Rahul Gandhi might have a condition called “Chrysophobia” or more accurately and less commonly known as Sandarakinophobia.2018 January 17, “With the new orange passport, Govt is being inconsiderate towards the orange phobia our Prince suffers from”, in Op India

chrysophobia meaning in Tamil

chrysophobia in Tamil

செம்மஞ்சள் வெருளி

Examples of chrysophobia in a sentence

  • The intellectual genealogy of modern chrysophobia as a new trend remains to be written.1969, Wilhelm Röpke, Against the Tide, page 232:
  • The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced yesterday that chrysophobia, or hatred of orange people, is on a rapid rise in the US.2018 February 22, “Chrysophobia: SPLC reports the rise of “Orange Hate” in America”, in Brown Valley Observer:

Origin of chrysophobia

From chryso- + -phobia.

Questions about chrysophobia

What does chrysophobia mean?
Chrysophobia means an aversion to gold; aurophobia.
What is chrysophobia in Tamil?
Chrysophobia in Tamil is செம்மஞ்சள் வெருளி. See Chrysophobia meaning in Tamil.
How do you use chrysophobia in a sentence?
The intellectual genealogy of modern chrysophobia as a new trend remains to be written.
What part of speech is chrysophobia?
Chrysophobia is a noun.

Words near chrysophobia in the dictionary

  1. chrysophilia
  2. chrysophilist
  3. chrysophilists
  4. chrysophilite
  5. chrysophilites
  6. chrysophobia
  7. chrysophycean
  8. chrysophyceans
  9. chrysophyll
  10. chrysophyte
  11. chrysophytes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chrysophobia (page history and authors); chrysophobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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