porcophobia

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noun

A fear or dislike of pigs.

OriginLatin porcus →
Scrabble 22
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Meanings

nounporcophobia (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableA fear or dislike of pigs.

    Porcophobia and porcophilia—thus probably originate in a nighttime of human sacrifice and even cannibalism at which the “holy” texts often do more than hint.

    2007 September 29, Christopher Hitchens, “God is not great”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), A Short Digression on the Pig; or, Why Heaven Hates Ham

Origin

  1. Latinporcus“pig”
  2. Englishporcophobia

From Latin porcus (“pig”) + -phobia.

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Anagrams

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APA

porcophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porcophobia

MLA

“porcophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porcophobia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “porcophobia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porcophobia.

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