Meanings
- neologismuncountableFear, dislike, or hatred of aromantic people and/or aromanticism.
Comments like those listed above, especially comments such as 'you're just depressed' or 'you're cold and heartless' are arguably a big contributor to internalized arophobia.
2023, Samantha Rendle, Hopeless Aromantic: An Affirmative Guide to Aromanticism, page 1052 more examples
Even in situations where one's identity is accepted completely, there can still be lingering doubts derived from internalized acephobia and arophobia or from a wider sense of otherness from general society or even other members of the community.
2023, The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project, “Identity Integration”, in Ace and Aro Journeys: A Guide to Embracing Your Asexual or Aromantic Identity, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 221This leads to a society that is rife wih m-spec phobia, arophobia and acephobia and erasure that can be internalized, causing people to struggle with their identity, which can greatly impact their mental health.
2023, Vaneet Mehta, Bisexual Men Exist: A Handbook for Bisexual, Pansexual and M-Spec Men, page 189Synonyms: aromisia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounFear, dislike, or hatred of aromantic people and/or aromanticism.
Origin
From aro (“aromantic”) + -phobia.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
arophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arophobia
“arophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arophobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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