Citations:aurophobia

English citations of aurophobia

Noun: "the fear of gold; by extension, the fear of wealth"

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• 1898, Western Druggist, Volume 20, page 258:

  If this be true, it certainly shows the power of suggestion, idiosyncrasy or aurophobia to an extent scarcely equaled by Mr. Bryan himself, who was said to be sorely distressed a short time ago on account of finding gold in his well.

• 1961, Morris Goldstein, Lift Up Your Life: A Personal Philosophy for Our Times, Philosophical Library (1961), page 87:

  Slaves are we then to a superstition — aurophobia — for there is never enough; fear of insecurity will not be remedied by any amount, whether counted in hundreds of thousands or millions.

• 1972, Paul Einzig, A Textbook on Monetary Policy, Macmillan (1972), page 223:

  The other main reason for the aurophobia that prevails in many quarters is that the monetary use of gold implies fixed parities, […]

• 1972, International Currency Review, Volume 4, page 57:

  But Messrs Shultz and Barber - or their successors - will have to moderate their aurophobia if they want to come to terms with M Pompidou's France.