aporophobia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The fear of poverty or poor people; antipathy toward them both.

Word forms

aporophobia

Etymology

From Spanish aporofobia, from Ancient Greek ἄπορος (áporos, “indigent, poor”) + -phobia, by analogy with xenophobia. Term coined by the Spanish philosopher Adela Cortina in the 1990s.

Synonyms

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