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taxaphobic

taxaphobic adjective: fearing or opposing taxes.

Adjective

taxaphobic (comparative more taxaphobic, superlative most taxaphobic)

  1. (informal) Fearing or opposing taxes.
    • Today Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner, from Illinois, has the challenging task of selling a taxaphobic nation on the rationality of spending much more on infrastructure.1992, George F. Will, Suddenly: The American Idea Abroad and at Home 1986-1990, Free Press, →ISBN, page 173
    • The complicated U.S. taxation systems, the bureaucratic madness of the April 15th deadline, drive honest taxpayers insane and most have become taxaphobic.2009, A. Semed Atick, Oh America!: Through The Eyes of an Immigrant, Xlibris, →ISBN

Forms of taxaphobic

comparativemore taxaphobic
superlativemost taxaphobic

Origin of taxaphobic

tax + -a- + -phobic

Questions about taxaphobic

What does taxaphobic mean?
Taxaphobic means fearing or opposing taxes.
What part of speech is taxaphobic?
Taxaphobic is an adjective.

Words near taxaphobic in the dictionary

  1. taxameters
  2. Taxandrian
  3. taxane
  4. taxanes
  5. taxanomic
  6. taxaphobic
  7. taxasphere
  8. taxaspidean
  9. taxation
  10. taxational
  11. taxations

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