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metrophobia

[me-truh-foh-bee-uh]

noun

  1. a strong dislike of or aversion to poetry.

  2. an irrational or disproportionate fear of poetry.

    Being forced to read John Donne's sonnets aloud in front of my English class gave me such bad metrophobia that I can't even look at greeting card poetry without getting sweaty palms and a dry mouth.

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Other Word Forms

  • metrophobic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of metrophobia1

First recorded in 1985–90; metro- 1 ( def. ) + -phobia

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