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English
Etymology
From biblio- + -phobe.
Noun
bibliophobe (plural bibliophobes)
- One who who fears and hates books, book-learning or reading.
1942, The Retail Bookseller: Trade News for the Book Buyer, volume 45, page 37:Now, the author of this book is probably the world's greatest bibliophobe, having ordered the burning of many books and having again and again placed himself on record against intellectuals including writers.
2006, Dominic Head, The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 925, →ISBN:Wordsworth’s genius is fully honoured, but he is also the proud bibliophobe - sacrilegiously cutting open precious pages with a used butter-knife on the kitchen table - as well as the supremely competent manager of his own interests.
2001, Holbrook Jackson, The Fear of Books, Urbana, Chicago: University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 9, →ISBN:The bibliophobe, therefore, becomes a problem for bookmen only when he is active, as I shall now proceed to show.
Antonyms
Translations
person who fears/hates books
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
bibliophobe
- inflection of bibliophob:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular