pornophobia

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noun

An aversion to pornography.

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Meanings

nounpornophobia (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn aversion to pornography.

    1995 Read, reason, write The Perils of Pornophobia Nadine Strossen Earning her law degree at Harvard University

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    1968 Quest Fear of pornography, or 'pornophobia' as I choose to call it, is a terribly unbalancing mental condition.

    2004 Unrepentant Whore I don't want to fight my sisters, and pornophobia is not quite a recognized social ill at this point, so I just better relax.

    2007 Pornology “Pornophobic?” That's his response to my impassioned arguments about why porn is anti-feminist and misogynistic?

  2. uncountableFear of prostitutes

    1994 Uncontrollable Bodies Pornophobia means the fear of prostitutes.

Origin

From porno- + -phobia.

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