Definitions

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  • noun A person who has a fear of, or negative attitude towards, sex.

Etymologies

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eroto- + -phobe

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Examples

  • Any erotophobe may feel sexually restricted by the religious and societal norms, mores, restrictions, and taboos that seek to regulate our sex lives.

    rediff.com 2009

  • Being an erotophobe or erotophile can impact your sexual health.

    rediff.com 2009

  • Any erotophobe may feel sexually restricted by the religious and societal norms, mores, restrictions, and taboos that seek to regulate our sex lives.

    rediff.com 2009

  • Being an erotophobe or erotophile can impact your sexual health.

    rediff.com 2009

  • Given all that, I’d say that this panel would be predictably biased in Fairley’s and MacKinnon’s position … and the addition of a traditionalist erotophobe like Shalit simply reinforces that particular bias.

    It’s wrong to pay for sex–NYC Debate April 21 « Bound, Not Gagged 2009

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