gametophobia

English

Etymology

From gameto- +‎ -phobia.

Noun

gametophobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of marriage.
    • 1998, Rose Dorrance Beser, Why Some People Act So Stupid and What You Can Do About It, Dewey Publishing, →ISBN, page 69:
      One phobia they don't have is gametophobia (marriage). No living-in-sin for them, only licit thrills.
    • 2005 May 14, ChicKita [username], “Re: Are you paraskevidekatriaphobic?”, in alt.support.stop-smoking‎[1] (Usenet):
      No, but supposedly i have gametophobia
    • 2008 February, Spin, page 30:
      The Houston vet returns to the game to confess that he suffers from gametophobia, the fear of marriage.

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