bibliophobe · noun — one who fears and hates books, book-learning or reading. It carries an Arena rating of 1501, earned across 49 head-to-head judged battles.
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Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, bibliophobe ranks #3,380 of 17,201 for Funniest Words, #3,573 of 17,177 for Most Whimsical Words, #3,695 of 17,176 for Most Incisive Words, #4,617 of 17,171 for Scariest Words.
Why “bibliophobe” is a great word
BIBLIOPHOBE — [Noun] One who harbors an intense fear, hatred, or aversion to books. From the combining forms biblio- (from Greek biblion, "book") and -phobe (from Greek phobos, "fear"). Unlike a bibliophile, whose passion is acquisitive and reverent, or a bibliotaph, whose obsession is one of jealous entombment, the bibliophobe is defined by visceral recoil. It is the flinch from a loaded shelf, the cold panic at the scent of aged paper, and the deliberate, empty space where knowledge is considered a contagion—a quiet terror of the silent, waiting world a book contains.
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Etymology
From biblio- + -phobe.
noun
- One who fears and hates books, book-learning or reading.
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