cibophobia means The fear of, or aversion to, eating or food. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
CIBOPHOBIA — [Noun] The fear of, or aversion to, eating or food. From Latin cibus ("food") and Greek -phobia ("fear"). Unlike "anorexia" (which twists hunger into a weapon against the self) or "sitophobia" (its rarer, vaguer cousin), cibophobia is a paralysis before the act of nourishment. It is the untouched plate congealing under flickering kitchen lights, the supermarket aisle stretching like a gauntlet of silent threats, the body recoiling from its own most basic need—a quiet rebellion against the very thing that keeps rebellion possible.
noun
- The fear of, or aversion to, eating or food.“The pain pattern is so intimately related to the ingestion of food that the patient will reduce the size of meals, become reluctant to eat, and even develop frank cibophobia.”