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porcophobia

porcophobia noun: a fear or dislike of pigs.

Noun

porcophobia (uncountable)

  1. (rare) A fear or dislike of pigs.
    • Porcophobia and porcophilia—thus probably originate in a nighttime of human sacrifice and even cannibalism at which the “holy” texts often do more than hint.2007 September, Christopher Hitchens, “God is not great”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), A Short Digression on the Pig; or, Why Heaven Hates Ham

Origin of porcophobia

From Latin porcus (“pig”) + -phobia.

Questions about porcophobia

What does porcophobia mean?
Porcophobia means a fear or dislike of pigs.
What part of speech is porcophobia?
Porcophobia is a noun.

Words near porcophobia in the dictionary

  1. porcinis
  2. porcino
  3. porcinophilic
  4. Porco
  5. porcophilia
  6. porcophobia
  7. Porcos
  8. porcpisce
  9. porcpisces
  10. porcupette
  11. porcupettes

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