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dragphobia

dragphobia noun: hatred or fear of drag queens and drag kings.

Noun

dragphobia (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) Hatred or fear of drag queens and drag kings.
    • When challenged on their dragphobia, organizers pointed to the presence of L'Entrepeau (a drag queen bar) in the parade as evidence of their inclusive politics.1996, Brett Beemyn, Michele Eliason, Queer Studies: A Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Anthology, →ISBN, page 187
    • The drag queen star of a controversial tampon advertisement, pulled amid backlash from the transgender community, has defended the campaign and has hit out against "dragphobia".2012 January 4, Matthew Backhouse, “Drag queen defends 'transphobic' tampon ad”, in The New Zealand Herald, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2021

Examples of dragphobia in a sentence

  • Celebrity Big Brother winner Shane Jenek/Courtney Act has voiced his confusion about fellow housemate India Willoughby's supposed 'dragphobia'.2018 February 5, Rianne Houghton, “Celebrity Big Brother winner Shane Jenek is confused over India Willoughby's 'dragphobia'”, in Digital...
  • Reaching more than 10 pubs for drag performance we were constantly rejected because of DRAGPHOBIA (yes, it's a thing).2021, Patruni Chidananda Sastry, My Experiment with Drag: Sexy, Sacred and Suffocated:
  • "Dragphobia is on the Rise," the Twitter post said.2022 December 16, Andrew Mark Miller, “LGBT group warns 'dragphobia' is on the rise, conservatives blast post on Twitter”, in Fox News...

Origin of dragphobia

From drag (“women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment”) + -phobia.

Words formed from dragphobia

Questions about dragphobia

What does dragphobia mean?
Dragphobia means hatred or fear of drag queens and drag kings.
How do you use dragphobia in a sentence?
Celebrity Big Brother winner Shane Jenek/Courtney Act has voiced his confusion about fellow housemate India Willoughby's supposed 'dragphobia'.
What part of speech is dragphobia?
Dragphobia is a noun.

Words near dragphobia in the dictionary

  1. Dragoviches
  2. Dragoș Vodă
  3. dragpath
  4. dragphobe
  5. dragphobes
  6. dragphobia
  7. dragphobic
  8. dragqueen
  9. dragqueens
  10. dragra
  11. dragras

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