somatophobia

English

Etymology

From somato- +‎ -phobia. Coined by feminist philosopher Elizabeth Spelman.

Noun

somatophobia (uncountable)

1. (sociology) Fear of the body, as opposed to mind or spirit.
   • 2022, Marisol Cortez, “Ambivalent Anality: Revisiting the Queer Ecology of "the Jackass Moment"”, in Media+Environment:

     The nature/culture binary that informs Western culture’s deeply embedded erotophobia and somatophobia