hoplophobia
名词 n.
英 /ˌhɒpləˈfəʊbɪə/
英文释义
名词 n.
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The irrational fear of guns.
— Gun control laws are proposed to control three basic areas: Crime, accidental shootings, and to calm those suffering from hoplophobia — these people generally align themselves with the first two so I won’t even consider that category.
词源
Firearms authority and writer Colonel Jeff Cooper claims to have coined the word in 1962: hoplo- (“weapon, arms”) + -phobia (“fear”).
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