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genophobe

genophobe noun: a person who has a psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse.

Noun

genophobe (plural genophobes)

  1. A person who has a psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse
    • Genophobes have been informed about the birds and the bees, but they don’t like (or aren’t cocksure about) what they’ve heard and tend to go catatonic when beyond the platonic.1986, David Grambs, Dimboxes, Epopts, and Other Quidams: Words to Describe Life’s Indescribable People, Workman Publishing Company, unmarked page
    • Like what happens when the genophobes try to censor video rental stores. THEN people get outraged. And say fuck off.1996 July 16, Gary Goodman, "Re: Riefenstahl film on PBS", alt.censorship, Usenet

Forms of genophobe

pluralgenophobes

Origin of genophobe

From geno- + -phobe.

Questions about genophobe

What does genophobe mean?
Genophobe means a person who has a psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse.
What part of speech is genophobe?
Genophobe is a noun.
What is the plural of genophobe?
The plural of genophobe is genophobes.

Words near genophobe in the dictionary

  1. genonyms
  2. genopathies
  3. genopathy
  4. genopharmacology
  5. genophilia
  6. genophobe
  7. genophobes
  8. genophobia
  9. genophobic
  10. genophore
  11. genophores

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