aphobia

English

Etymology

a- +‎ (from asexual or aromantic) +‎ -phobia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

aphobia (uncountable)

1. (neologism) Fear, dislike, or hatred of asexual and/or aromantic people.
   • 2017, Ariel Scott, “Stop Saying It's Asexual Because That's Not What It Means”, in ShOUT Zine‎^[1], page 12:

     Where aphobia goes wrong is that it assumes that some ace people 'pass' as straight, and therefore experience no discrimination.

   • 2017, Eléa, "Anything but lacking: How asexuality can disrupt sex-normativity", The McGill Daily (McGill University), 20 November 2017, page 14:

     Pathologizing non-conformity to sexual norms and medicalizing the distress caused by aphobia are harmful and oppressive practices.

   • 2019, Morgan Lev Edward Holleb, The A-Z of Gender and Sexuality: From Ace to Ze, page 30:

     Amatonormativity—or the assumption and expectation that everyone seeks romantic love (which is generally, incorrectly, assumed to involve sexual desire by default) and prioritizes romance over other forms of intimacy—fuels aphobia.

   Hyponym: acephobia, arophobia