somatophobia

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English

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Etymology

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somato- +‎ -phobia. Coined by feminist philosopher Elizabeth Spelman.

Noun

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somatophobia (uncountable)

  1. (sociology) Fear of the body, as opposed to mind or spirit.
    • 2022, Marisol Cortez, “Ambivalent Anality: Revisiting the Queer Ecology of "the Jackass Moment"”, in Media+Environment:
      The nature/culture binary that informs Western culture’s deeply embedded erotophobia and somatophobia
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