Chemophobia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chemophobia is a noun meaning An irrational fear of chemicals.
Meaning
An irrational fear of chemicals.
Example Sentences
By chemophobia I mean an exaggerated fear of toxicity brought about by the widespread use of chemicals in food production and processing.
Chemophobia also means that every six months there is a "new scientific finding" about a synthetic chemical found in regular food in very low quantites that, if you ate a cargo ship or two of it every day for three years, could kill you.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chlorophobia, scotophobin, chemosensibility, chem, infochemical, lyophobe.
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