operaphobe

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noun

A person who hates opera.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounoperaphobe (plural operaphobes)

plural operaphobes

  1. A person who hates opera.

    The prospect of yet another review was greeted with despair at Covent Garden, where Eyre was remembered as an operaphobe and close colleague of Genista Mclntosh.

    2001, Norman Lebrecht, Covent Garden: The Untold Story, →ISBN
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    Whether you're an operaphile or an operaphobe, the importance of opera to the development of Western music is singular, and thus we will revisit opera continually over the remainder of this book.

    2011, Robert Greenberg, How to Listen to Great Music: A Guide to Its History, Culture, and Heart, →ISBN

    At that moment, if she'd asked me, confirmed operaphobe that I was, I wouldn't have been able to tell her which fate sounded worse: music teacher, opera singer, or being boiled alive in oil!

    2018, Meri Henriques Vahl, Hoosier Hysteria: A Fateful Year in the Crosshairs of Race in America, →ISBN

Origin

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APA

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Chicago

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