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Etymology

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Latin porcus (pig) +‎ -phobia

Noun

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porcophobia (uncountable) (rare)

  1. A fear or dislike of pigs.
    • 2007 September, Christopher Hitchens, “God is not great”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), A Short Digression on the Pig; or, Why Heaven Hates Ham:
      Porcophobia and porcophilia—thus probably originate in a nighttime of human sacrifice and even cannibalism at which the “holy” texts often do more than hint.