pronounphobia

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noun

Fear or hatred of, or aversion to, pronouns, especially as relates to modern gender identities.

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Meanings

nounpronounphobia (uncountable)
  1. raresarcasticuncountableFear or hatred of, or aversion to, pronouns, especially as relates to modern gender identities.

    Pronounphobia omg. Do they realise that they’ve used pronouns in that tweet 🤦

    2020 April 10, Charlie (@ThenonbinaryC), Twitter
    2 more examples

    Fr [for real]. All this internalised pronounphobia, like duh, everyone has pronouns

    2020 November 11, 'Ala ad-Din (@IbnAbiQ), Twitter

    I agree, there needs to be more research into pronounphobia. Why do so many people get so upset about a part of speech?

    2021 May 19, Max Harvey (@max_harvey), Twitter

Origin

From pronoun + -phobia.

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

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

Chicago

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

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