Mycophobic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Mycophobic is an adjective meaning Having or relating to an aversion to mushrooms or fungi.
Meaning
Having or relating to an aversion to mushrooms or fungi.
Example Sentences
Not all European countries are as mycophobic as the English. In Italy, Poland, and much of Eastern Europe and Russia, mushrooms are an important part of the diet [...]
Mycophobic attitudes might fuel a moral panic that leads to their illegalisation, or prompt Albertus Magnus and John Gerard to issue stark warnings about the dangers of these 'new fangled meates'.
Antonyms for mycophobic
Common opposites include fungiphilic, mycophilic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mysophobic, tokophobic, phallophobic, medicophobic, kakorrhaphiophobic, cancerphobic.
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