aporofobia

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aporofobia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apoɾofobia/ [a.po.ɾo.fo.β̞i.a]
• Rhymes: -ia, -a
• Hyphenation: a‧po‧ro‧fo‧bi‧a

Noun

aporofobia inan

1. (rare) aporophobia (hatred of poverty or poor people)

Declension

Declension of aporofobia (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	aporofobia	aporofobia	aporofobiak	aporofobiok
ergative	aporofobiak	aporofobiak	aporofobiek	aporofobiok
dative	aporofobiari	aporofobiari	aporofobiei	aporofobioi
genitive	aporofobiaren	aporofobiaren	aporofobien	aporofobion
comitative	aporofobiarekin	aporofobiarekin	aporofobiekin	aporofobiokin
causative	aporofobiarengatik	aporofobiarengatik	aporofobiengatik	aporofobiongatik
benefactive	aporofobiarentzat	aporofobiarentzat	aporofobientzat	aporofobiontzat
instrumental	aporofobiaz	aporofobiaz	aporofobiez	aporofobiotaz
innesive	aporofobiatan	aporofobian	aporofobietan	aporofobiotan
locative	aporofobiatako	aporofobiako	aporofobietako	aporofobiotako
allative	aporofobiatara	aporofobiara	aporofobietara	aporofobiotara
terminative	aporofobiataraino	aporofobiaraino	aporofobietaraino	aporofobiotaraino
directive	aporofobiatarantz	aporofobiarantz	aporofobietarantz	aporofobiotarantz
destinative	aporofobiatarako	aporofobiarako	aporofobietarako	aporofobiotarako
ablative	aporofobiatatik	aporofobiatik	aporofobietatik	aporofobiotatik
partitive	aporofobiarik	—	—	—
prolative	aporofobiatzat	—	—	—

Galician

Etymology

From Spanish aporofobia.

Noun

aporofobia f (uncountable)

1. aporophobia (hatred of poverty or poor people)

Further reading

• “aporofobia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish aporofobia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌa.po.ɾo.foˈbi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌa.po.ɾo.foˈbi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌa.po.ɾo.foˈbi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌa.pu.ɾɔ.fuˈbi.ɐ/ [ˌa.pu.ɾɔ.fuˈβi.ɐ]

Noun

aporofobia f (uncountable)

1. aporophobia (hatred of poverty or poor people)

Further reading

• “aporofobia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “aporofobia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “aporofobia”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “aporofobia”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄπορος (áporos, “indigent, poor”) + -fobia. Term coined by the Spanish philosopher Adela Cortina in the 1990s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apoɾoˈfobja/ [a.po.ɾoˈfo.β̞ja]
• Rhymes: -obja
• Syllabification: a‧po‧ro‧fo‧bia

Noun

aporofobia f (uncountable)

1. (rare) aporophobia (hatred of poverty or poor people)
   • 2003, Luis Enrique Gamboa Umaña, Los retos de la ciudadanía y de la gobernabilidad en la globalización:

     Y se puede coincidir con Cortina en que el gran obstáculo para el tema de la ciudadanía lo constituyen los pobres, en realidad, la aporofobia: el odio al pobre, al débil, al menesteroso.

     And with Cortina it can be agreed that the great obstacle to the matter of citizenship is the poor, though in reality, aporophobia: hatred of the poor, the weak, the needy.

Further reading

• “aporofobia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025