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- Ancient Greek · derived fromπενία“poverty”
- English todaypeniaphobia
From Ancient Greek πενία (penía, “poverty”) + -phobia. Related to Latin penuria (“poverty”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The fear of poverty or poor people; antipathy toward them; both. Full definition →
From Ancient Greek πενία (penía, “poverty”) + -phobia. Related to Latin penuria (“poverty”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.