Why this word is great
PENIAPHOBIA — [Noun] The irrational fear of poverty or poor people, often manifesting as aversion or hostility. From Ancient Greek πενία (penía, "poverty") + -phobia ("fear"). Related to Latin penuria ("poverty"). Unlike "plutophobia" (dread of wealth's corruptions) or "misopennia" (mere disdain for privation), peniaphobia is the visceral recoil from need’s specter—as if destitution were contagious. It is the white-knuckled grip on a purse in a subway car, the zoning laws that criminalize park benches as beds, the way the eyes dart away from a cardboard sign as though its letters might spell your own name. Beneath the fear lies the oldest lie: that poverty is a choice, and therefore, a threat.