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pronounphobia

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English

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Etymology

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From pronoun +‎ -phobia.

Noun

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pronounphobia (countable and uncountable, plural pronounphobias)

  1. (chiefly sarcastic) Fear, hatred, or aversion to pronouns, especially as relates to gender.
    • 2020 April 10, Charlie (@ThenonbinaryC), Twitter[1]:
      Pronounphobia omg. Do they realise that they’ve used pronouns in that tweet 🤦
    • 2020 November 11, 'Ala ad-Din (@IbnAbiQ), Twitter[2]:
      Fr [for real]. All this internalised pronounphobia, like duh, everyone has pronouns
    • 2021 May 19, Max Harvey (@max_harvey), Twitter[3]:
      I agree, there needs to be more research into pronounphobia. Why do so many people get so upset about a part of speech?
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pronounphobia.