peniaphobia
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek πενία (penía, “poverty”) + -phobia. Related to Latin penuria (“poverty”).
Noun
editpeniaphobia (uncountable)
- The fear of poverty or poor people.
- 2013, The Mission Marketing Group PLC, Interim Report 2013: For the Six Months Ended 30 June 2013[1], page 6:
- Our strategy is not driven by brobdingnagian principles: it is quite simply to excel in whatever we do and my personal optimism for the future stems from the knowledge that our entrepreneurial Agencies are driven to achieve. Perhaps this is due to peniaphobia but more likely it stems from a passion to establish the mission™ as the most respected and regarded Agency group in the UK.
Synonyms
editTranslations
editfear of poverty and/or poor people
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