chrysophobia

English

Etymology

chryso- +‎ -phobia

Noun

chrysophobia (uncountable)

1. (informal, humorous, rare) An aversion to gold; aurophobia.
   • 1969, Wilhelm Röpke, Against the Tide, page 232:

     All the experts, or would-be experts, in currency matters can be divided into two main groups, those to whom gold is a thorn in their flesh […] and those who have a predilection for gold and who shall be baptized chrysophiles. The intellectual genealogy of modern chrysophobia as a new trend remains to be written.

2. (informal, rare) An aversion to the color orange.

   Hypernym: chromophobia

   • 2015 January 8, Graham Young, “New Art West Midlands: Emerging artists given chance to showcase work”, in Birmingham Mail:

     Alexandra Darby - Chrysophobia #1 (2014).

   • 2018 January 17, “With the new orange passport, Govt is being inconsiderate towards the orange phobia our Prince suffers from”, in Op India:

     Rahul Gandhi might have a condition called “Chrysophobia” or more accurately and less commonly known as Sandarakinophobia.

   • 2018 February 22, “Chrysophobia: SPLC reports the rise of “Orange Hate” in America”, in Brown Valley Observer:

     The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced yesterday that chrysophobia, or hatred of orange people, is on a rapid rise in the US.