Etymology
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tax + -a- + -phobic
Adjective
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taxaphobic (comparative more taxaphobic, superlative most taxaphobic)
- (informal) Fearing or opposing taxes.
1992, George F. Will, Suddenly: The American Idea Abroad and at Home 1986-1990, Free Press, →ISBN, page 173:Today Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner, from Illinois, has the challenging task of selling a taxaphobic nation on the rationality of spending much more on infrastructure.
2009, A. Semed Atick, Oh America!: Through The Eyes of an Immigrant[1], Xlibris, →ISBN:The complicated U.S. taxation systems, the bureaucratic madness of the April 15th deadline, drive honest taxpayers insane and most have become taxaphobic.
2011, Patrick J. Buchanan, Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?, Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 29:Taxes drove the American Revolution, for we were a taxaphobic people who believed in severely limited government.
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