arophobia

English

Etymology

From aro (“aromantic”) +‎ -phobia.

Noun

arophobia (uncountable)

1. (neologism) Fear, dislike, or hatred of aromantic people and/or human aromanticism.

   Synonym: aromisia

   Hypernym: aphobia

   • 2023, The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project, “Identity Integration”, in Ace and Aro Journeys: A Guide to Embracing Your Asexual or Aromantic Identity‎, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 221:

     Even in situations where one's identity is accepted completely, there can still be lingering doubts derived from internalized acephobia and arophobia or from a wider sense of otherness from general society or even other members of the community.

   • 2023, Vaneet Mehta, Bisexual Men Exist: A Handbook for Bisexual, Pansexual and M-Spec Men‎, page 189:

     This leads to a society that is rife wih m-spec phobia, arophobia and acephobia and erasure that can be internalized, causing people to struggle with their identity, which can greatly impact their mental health.

   • 2023, Samantha Rendle, Hopeless Aromantic: An Affirmative Guide to Aromanticism‎, page 105:

     Comments like those listed above, especially comments such as 'you're just depressed' or 'you're cold and heartless' are arguably a big contributor to internalized arophobia.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:arophobia.

See also

• acephobia