Citations:polyphobe

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English citations of polyphobe

mention, for dating the term and attesting related terms and the meaning[edit]

  • 2001, Inside the Vatican
    Time blessed the threesome as "an odd but functional family." Time said that the "polies" (polyamorists) seek [...] If you don't buy it, you'll be labeled a "polyphobe." And there will be shrinks who will label polyphobia a mental disease ...

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  • 2014, Mike Royko, Mike Royko: The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984-1997 (Agate Digital, →ISBN):
    “A discriminatory, narrow-minded, hateful and mean-spirited — yes, mean-spirited — polyphobe.”
    A what?
    “A mean-spirited, bigoted polyphobe. One who hates and discriminates against those of us who [...] have more than one wife.”