aphobia

English

Etymology 1

From a- (“without”) +‎ phobia.

Noun

aphobia (uncountable)

1. Fearlessness or lack of fear.
   • 1898 August, Chas. J. Proben, “New York Letter”, in Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 15, number 7, page 457:

     Similar ones occurring daily in a large metropolis like ours, where aphobia for operations walks extant and can be easily acquired.

   • 1998, Steven Pressfield, Gates of Fire‎^[1], page 78:

     Put the body into a state of aphobia, fearlessness, the Spartans believe, and the mind will follow.

   • 2014, Alex Pattakos, The OPA! Way: Finding Joy & Meaning in Everyday Life & Work‎^[2], page 208:

     I find joy and meaning in my life when I embrace life with aphobia.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:aphobia.

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

aphobia (uncountable)

1. (neologism) Fear, dislike, or hatred of asexual and/or aromantic people.

   Hyponym: acephobia, arophobia

   • 2017, Ariel Scott, “Stop Saying It's Asexual Because That's Not What It Means”, in ShOUT Zine‎^[3], page 12:

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

   • 2022 August 16, Carmelia Argani, “Am I actually asexual, or is everyone else obsessed with sex?”, in Honi Soit‎^[4], University of Sydney, page 14:

     This should've been the moment I shucked off the last fetter of my internalised aphobia and claimed my asexuality as my own.

   • 2023, Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life‎^[5], page 208:

     If you can recognize the mircoagressions we've discussed here and their variants in the world, you can spot aphobia.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:aphobia.