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- noun pejorative, rare The fear of
guns .
Etymologies
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Examples
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According to leading experts, many of the people who discriminate against this portion of the Bill of Rights suffer from a medical condition called hoplophobia, a debilitating morbid fear of weapons.
BlogWonks 2010
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It's called hoplophobia, and people who have it suck - often worse than retards with guns.
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And on the subject of hoplophobia, I fully intend to get a bunch of us bitter clinging gun nuts some of whom read your blog, BTW to take you shooting next time I'm in Yankee country.
Sigh of Relief 1 Dinosaur 2009
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Freudian hoplophobia on display. by Dave Stevens on Wednesday, Oct 10, 2007 at 5: 34: 06 AM
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The main treatment for hoplophobia is the psychological process known as "desensitization," the same methodology used for people with fear of spiders, open spaces or heights.
BlogWonks 2010
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I am going to formulate arguments that will breach her hoplophobia and help her understand my position - and her own.
Buckeye Firearms Association - Defending Your Firearm Rights 2010
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It's not an arsenal, but the reporter is from a state where hoplophobia and ignorance are required if you are to be a journalist.
Latest Articles 2009
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This writer has no facts, just pure emotion and silly imagined scenarios to back up his hoplophobia.
Latest Articles 2009
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At any rate, the rampant hoplophobia and anti-right stance of the staff of the Commercial Appeal is a given quantity, and there is no need for turning that dead horse into jello.
walls of the city 2009
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It is a product of abject gun fear -- hoplophobia -- that afflicts the people behind the plan.
Buckeye Firearms Association - Defending Your Firearm Rights 2009
jmjarmstrong commented on the word hoplophobia
JM wonders what would have happened if Hopalong Cassidy had hoplophobia.
August 8, 2010