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addictophobia

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Etymology

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From addicto- +‎ -phobia.

Noun

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addictophobia (uncountable)

  1. bigotry or discrimination against addicts, especially drug addicts.
    • 1988 December 4, Judy Harris, Larry Kessler, “Going Public”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 21, page 16:
      AIDS is a sort of metaphor under which everything that's wrong with our society gets highlighted. When you drop AIDS in any one particular social system, you see the prejudice — to be specific, the homophobia and the addictophobia. You can see the weaknesses in the health care system.