ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Aporophobia

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Aporophobia is a noun meaning (rare) The fear of poverty or poor people; antipathy toward them both.

Meaning

(rare) The fear of poverty or poor people; antipathy toward them both.

Example Sentences

Introducing aporophobia in the catalog of hate crimes is a debate that is still open.
It is necessary to confront together the populist discourses of intolerance, xenophobia, and aporophobia, which is hatred of the poor.
In Latin America, the most dramatic results of discrimination have an element of aporophobia, that is, revulsion and hatred for the poor.
It's easy calling somebody a racist (and I'm not talking about skinheads or assholes shouting racist things at matches), but the problem I think it's more aporophobia (sp?) than xenophobia.

Synonyms for aporophobia

Depending on context, synonyms include peniaphobia.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include peniaphobia, arophobia, povertyism, rupophobia, antipathy, homophobiaphobia.

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