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fatphobia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Fear and/or dislike of obese people and/or obesity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: sizeism, weightism

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fatmisia, fattism, obesophobia, sizeism, weightism

Antonyms: fat acceptance

2

noun

Meaning 2

Fear or obsessive avoidance of consuming fat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

c. 1980s, fat + -phobia

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: grassofòbia — fear or dislike towards fat people
  • Esperanto: grasfobio — fear or dislike towards fat people
  • French: grossophobie — fear or dislike towards fat people
  • German: Fettphobie — fear or dislike towards fat people
  • German: Obesophobie — fear or dislike towards fat people
  • German: Adipophobie — fear or dislike towards fat people
  • Ido: gros-odio — fear or dislike towards fat people
  • Italian: grassofobia — fear or dislike towards fat people
  • Japanese: 肥満恐怖症 (himankyōfushō) — fear or dislike towards fat people
  • Persian: چاقی-شرمی (čâqi-šarrmey) — fear or dislike towards fat people
  • Polish: fatfobia — fear or dislike towards fat people
  • Portuguese: gordofobia — fear or dislike towards fat people
  • Romanian: grasofobie — fear or dislike towards fat people
  • Russian: фэтше́йминг (fɛtšéjming) — fear or dislike towards fat people
  • Russian: фэтфо́бия (fɛtfóbija) — fear or dislike towards fat people
  • Spanish: gordofobia — fear or dislike towards fat people
  • Swedish: fettfobi — fear or dislike towards fat people
  • Swedish: fetmafobi — fear or dislike towards fat people