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colorphobia

/ˌkʌlɚˈfoʊbi.ə/

colorphobia noun: fear, hate, or dislike of people of a particular skin color.

Noun

colorphobia (uncountable)

  1. Fear, hate, or dislike of people of a particular skin color.

Forms of colorphobia

alternative formcolourphobia

Origin of colorphobia

From color + -phobia.

Questions about colorphobia

What does colorphobia mean?
Colorphobia means fear, hate, or dislike of people of a particular skin color.
What part of speech is colorphobia?
Colorphobia is a noun.
How do you pronounce colorphobia?
Colorphobia is pronounced /ˌkʌlɚˈfoʊbi.ə/.

Words near colorphobia in the dictionary

  1. coloron
  2. colorons
  3. coloroto
  4. colorotos
  5. colorous
  6. colorphobia
  7. colorphobic
  8. colorpoint
  9. colorpoints
  10. colorpuncture
  11. colors

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