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gynobibliophobia (gye.noh.bib.lee.oh.FOH.bee.uh) n. A dislike of women writers.

Example Citation:
If Norman Mailer didn't exist, we might have had to invent the man who could utter, in "Advertisements for Myself," history's most heartfelt, expansive confession of gynobibliophobia.
—Francine Prose, "Scent of a Woman's Ink," Harper's Magazine, June 1998

Related Word:
paraskevidekatriaphobia

Subject Categories:
Culture - Writing
Sociology - Men and Women

Posted on July 1, 1998 at 6:18 PM
Updated on July 1, 1998 at 6:18 PM


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