lachanophobia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λάχανον (lákhanon, “greens, vegetables”) +‎ -phobia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌlækənəˈfəʊbɪə/

Noun

lachanophobia (uncountable)

1. An irrational fear of vegetables.
   • 2007, Clarence Cheong, “Food Fiesta on Sun (11 Nov)”, in west cell (Usenet):

     All in all, I'd like to state that it was lachanophobia that sparked this.

   • 2007, Jodi Picoult, Vanishing acts‎^[1]:

     “I thought recovered memories were traumatic. What's traumatic about citrus fruit?”
     “Lachanophobia,” he says. “That's the fear of vegetables. It stands to reason that there's one for the rest of the food pyramid, too.”

   • 2009 November 9, “Woman diagnosed with fear of vegetables”, in The Telegraph‎^[2]:

     She suffers from a fear known as lachanophobia, which leaves her sweating and stricken with panic attacks at the merest sight of a sprout or a pea.

   • 2013, John Connolly, The Wrath of Angels: A Charlie Parker Thriller, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 145:

     “ […] ‘lachanophobia,’ which appears to be an irrational fear of vegetables.” He leaned forward conspiratorially. “I must confess that, on occasion, I have used it as a way to avoid broccoli.”

Related terms

• lachanophobe
• lachanophobic

Translations

irrational fear of vegetables

• Catalan: lacanofòbia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蔬菜恐懼症／蔬菜恐惧症 (shūcài kǒngjùzhèng)

• Dutch: lachanofobie f
• Finnish: vihannesten pelko
• French: lachanophobie (fr) f
• German: Lachanophobie f
• Greek: λαχανοφοβία f (lachanofovía)
• Italian: lachanofobia f
• Japanese: 野菜恐怖症 (やさいきょうふしょう, yasai kyōfushō)
• Korean: 야채공포증 (yachaegongpojeung)
• Polish: lachanofobia f
• Portuguese: lacanofobia f
• Russian: лаханофо́бия f (laxanofóbija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: лаханофо̀бија f

  Roman: lahanofòbija f

• Spanish: lacanofobia (es) f