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vegephobia

vegephobia noun: the fear or dislike of vegetables.

Noun

vegephobia (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The fear or dislike of vegetables.
    • We may even carry some "vegephobia" with us from childhood, remembering Mom and those lima beans.1997 March, Mary Carroll, “The High Five”, in Vegetarian Times, page 52
    • Whether you have your own “vegephobia” to overcome or want to prepare family meals that everyone will eat, it's time to meet your vegetables all over again — and fall in love this time.2010, Beth Bader, Ali Benjamin, The Cleaner Plate Club: Raising Healthy Eaters One Meal at a Time, Storey Publishing, →ISBN, page 59

Origin of vegephobia

vegetable + -phobia

Questions about vegephobia

What does vegephobia mean?
Vegephobia means the fear or dislike of vegetables.
What part of speech is vegephobia?
Vegephobia is a noun.

Words near vegephobia in the dictionary

  1. vegelate
  2. vegemite
  3. vegemites
  4. Vegemitini
  5. Vegemitinis
  6. vegephobia
  7. veges
  8. veges out
  9. vegetability
  10. vegetable
  11. vegetable acid

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