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pozphobia

pozphobia noun: the fear of or prejudice towards HIV positive people.

Noun

pozphobia (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The fear of or prejudice towards HIV positive people.
    • Finally, we mused about poz pride as a strategy to fight pozphobia, and there was a discussion […] We have countered that pozphobia and discrimination often make it difficult to disclose. […] added responsibility for poz people—to fight against pozphobia, to ensure that the risks and […]2011 October, Barry D. Adam, James Murray, Suzanne Ross, Jason Oliver, Stephen G. Lincoln, Vicki Rynard, “hivstigma.com, an innovative web-supported stigma reduction intervention for gay and bisexual...
    • If the AIDS crisis were over, pozphobia wouldn't be so prevalent, so casual, so unconscious even. If the AIDS crisis were over, my position as a patient wouldn't be a privileged one.2014, David Caron, The Nearness of Others: Searching for Tact and Contact in the Age of HIV, U of Minnesota Press, →ISBN

Forms of pozphobia

alternative formpoz-phobia

Origin of pozphobia

From poz + -phobia.

Words formed from pozphobia

Questions about pozphobia

What does pozphobia mean?
Pozphobia means the fear of or prejudice towards HIV positive people.
What part of speech is pozphobia?
Pozphobia is a noun.

Words near pozphobia in the dictionary

  1. pozoles
  2. Pozorrubio
  3. Pozos
  4. pozphobe
  5. pozphobes
  6. pozphobia
  7. pozphobic
  8. pozzed
  9. pozzed up
  10. pozzes
  11. pozzes up

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