Hoplophobic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Hoplophobic is an adjective meaning (derogatory, rare) Having an irrational fear of guns.
Meaning
(derogatory, rare) Having an irrational fear of guns.
Example Sentences
Within days Wayne LaPierre of the National Rifle Association — America’s largest gun-control outfit — showed up on Katie Couric’s smugly hoplophobic NBC “Today” show, “debating” all-guns-to-the-state Congressman Charles Schumer on a typically heads-they-win-tales-we-lose question: whether it is federal or only local authorities who should “mandate” gun locks.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include phallophobic, hodophobic, heterophobic, haphephobic, homoerotophobic, ochlophobic.
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