Word.ws English Dictionary

hoplophile

hoplophile noun: one who loves or is attracted to firearms or other weapons.

Noun

hoplophile (plural hoplophiles)

  1. One who loves or is attracted to firearms or other weapons.
    • These hoplophile members of the Pro-Firearms with No More Regulations Movement may actually believe this strategy holds promise in silencing us, and help them to counter the psychological discourse connected to their obsessive attachments to firearms, but it will fail.2016 June 19, Dr. Warren J. Blumenfeld, “Remember: Freud said men who obsess over guns have small genitals”, in LGBTQ Nation
    • People with hoplophilia, known as hoplophiliacs or hoplophiles, may seek sexual gratification in a number of ways. Many may feel aroused by viewing images of firearms or being in close contact with guns. Some may enjoy having their own guns or seek or sexual relationships with gun owners...2019 October 28, Kinkly.com, “Hoplophilia”, in Kinkly

Synonyms of hoplophile

Forms of hoplophile

pluralhoplophiles

Origin of hoplophile

From hoplo- (“weapon, arms”) + -phile (“love”).

Questions about hoplophile

What does hoplophile mean?
Hoplophile means one who loves or is attracted to firearms or other weapons.
What part of speech is hoplophile?
Hoplophile is a noun.
What is the plural of hoplophile?
The plural of hoplophile is hoplophiles.

Words near hoplophile in the dictionary

  1. hoplomachy
  2. hoplon
  3. hoplonemertean
  4. hoplonemerteans
  5. hoplons
  6. hoplophile
  7. hoplophiles
  8. hoplophilia
  9. hoplophiliac
  10. hoplophiliacs
  11. hoplophilic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hoplophile (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “hoplophile.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/hoplophile. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.