Meanings
- uncountableThe fear of everything.
- uncountableby confusionPanophobia, a condition of groundless fears.
- neologismuncountableFear, dislike, or hatred of pansexual people and/or pansexuality.
Panphobia has arisen via accusations they're trying to 'one up' bisexuals, […]
2016 February 15, Zoe Godden, “What Is Pansexuality?”, in The Courier, Newcastle University, page 132 more examples
I would say that I’ve probably encountered more disbelief/disrespect/panphobia from the queer community than from my straight friends, which I think is really interesting.
2013, anonymous, quoted in Ayisigi Hale Gonel, "Pansexual Identification in Online Communities: Employing a Collaborative Queer Method to Study Pansexuality", Graduate Journal of Social Science, Volume 10, Issue 1 (2013), pages 51-52Biphobia / panphobia is still very real and alive today. As a pansexual woman, my identity and experiences have been denied many times […]
2020, Hope, quoted in Queerfully and Wonderfully Made: A Guide for LGBTQ+ Christian Teens (ed. Leigh Finke), page 197
Origin
Translations
French panphobie
- panphobiefear, dislike, or hatred of pansexual people
Portuguese panfobia
- panfobiafear, dislike, or hatred of pansexual people
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panphobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panphobia
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