Meanings
nounhoplophobe (plural hoplophobes)
plural hoplophobes
- derogatoryrareSomeone who has an irrational fear of guns.
To return to guns, one of the most avid hoplophobe senators issued a list of nations which did not lose too many of its citizens through villainous saltpeter. England featured, and so did other lands like Japan, where murder is rare except with cold steel.
1977, John Wood Campbell, editor, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, volume 83, number 4, Davis Publications, page 171
Origin
First attested in 1977: hoplo- (“weapon, arms”) + -phobe (“one who fears”).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
hoplophobe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoplophobe
MLA
“hoplophobe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoplophobe. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hoplophobe,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoplophobe.
Source: hoplophobe on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.