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单词 syphilophobia
释义

syphilophobia

English

Etymology

syphilo- + -phobia

Alternative forms

  • syphiliphobia

Noun

syphilophobia (countable and uncountable, plural syphilophobias)

  1. A morbid fear of syphilis.
    • 1932, Gregorio Marañón, The evolution of sex and intersexual conditions, page 190:
      Sexual fear with regard to the woman may assume various modalities which disguise it from the instinct itself; the most frequent are syphilophobia and gonophobia, and also the suspicion of being deceived, of being made a cuckold,...
    • 1995, Suzanne Poirier, Chicago's War on Syphilis, 1937-40, →ISBN:
      Similarly, testing groups that are already socially marginal can further exacerbate syphilophobia as well as the existing prejudices against these groups.
    • 2011, Vanessa H. May, Unprotected Labor, →ISBN:
      Part of the answer lies in the wave of “syphilophobia” that engulfed the country during the 1930s and 1940s.

Usage notes

  • Formerly sometimes distinguished from syphilomania. The condition was regarded as a mania in those who did not have syphilis, and a phobia in those who did.
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