carnophobia

Definitions

A strong fear or dislike of meat.

uncountable

Examples

“Unlike the ascetic idealists Emerson and Thoreau, Melville abandoned Pauline-Christian carnophobia and accepted man's body as part of his essential being.”

“Carnophobia Anyone? About Eating Meat. Meat is a dead food. Not because the animal is no longer alive, but because meat is a "fiberless" food.”

“Such carnophobia aside, the aliens were surely right to be puzzled. Thinking meat, dreaming meat, conscious meat, meat that understands. It seems unlikely, to say⟳ the least.”

“‘He seems to have⟳ an aversion to telling the truth.’ ‘And an aversion to meat so he told me when I finally caught up with him.’ ‘Eh?’ ‘He suffers from Carnophobia. The fear of meat.’ ‘You're kidding?’ ‘No. I looked it up. It exists all right but whether Nugent really suffers from it is another matter⟳. I went to his flat. Had the devil of a job getting him to come⟳ to the door, but when I bellowed through the letterbox and asked him to look⟳ through the window he recognized me and let⟳ me in.’”

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