Meaning of peniaphobia | Babel Free

Definitions

The fear of poverty or poor people; antipathy toward them; both.

uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Piggy banks are helpful for persons with "peniaphobia," an abnormal fear of poverty.”

“Maybe you have peniaphobia, but God wants you live among and minister to the poor […]”

“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.”

CEFR level