gametophobia

English

Etymology

gameto- +‎ -phobia

Noun

gametophobia (uncountable)

1. The fear of marriage.
   • 1998, Rose Dorrance Beser, Why Some People Act So Stupid and What You Can Do About It, Dewey Publishing, →ISBN, page 69:

     One phobia they don't have is gametophobia (marriage). No living-in-sin for them, only licit thrills.

   • 2005 May 14, ChicKita [username], “Re: Are you paraskevidekatriaphobic?”, in alt.support.stop-smoking‎^[1] (Usenet):

     No, but supposedly i have gametophobia

   • 2008 February, Spin, page 30:

     The Houston vet returns to the game to confess that he suffers from gametophobia, the fear of marriage.

Synonyms

• gamophobia