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Hoplophobia: Fear of Guns, Symptoms & Treatment | 2026
Hoplophobia is the persistent, intense, and irrational fear of firearms or weapons, deriving from the Greek hoplon (weapon) and phobia (fear). In modern clinical usage, the term applies almost exclusively to fear of guns, though historically it encompassed weapons more broadly.

Hoplophobia: The Four Types of Gun Phobia - JPFO
Common phobic responses including hoplophobia (a term Marine Col. Jeff Cooper said he first coined in1966), the morbid, irrational fear of weapons, firearms, guns, knives, military, police, legally armed law-abiding citizens, etc., are usually viewed as learned behavioral responses.

Fear of Guns or Firearms Phobia - Hoplophobia
Hoplophobia is characterized by an irrational fear of guns. This condition can cause a wide range of symptoms, including panic attacks, chest pain, rapid heart rate, and dizziness. People with hoplophobia often avoid situations where they may come into contact with firearms.

HOPLOPHOBIA: Gun Fear . The Most Dangerous of All Phobias
Col. Jeff Cooper, known widely and revered within the firearms community as “The father of the modern technique of shooting,” originally coined the term hoplophobia in 1966, a fascinating neologistic history we will explore in a future article.

List of phobias - Wikipedia
Distinct from hydrophobia, a scientific property that makes chemicals averse to interaction with water, as well as an archaic name for rabies. The suffix -phobia is used to coin terms that denote a particular anti-ethnic or anti-demographic sentiment, such as Americanophobia, Europhobia, Francophobia, Hispanophobia, and Indophobia.

hoplophobia - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
You'll be happy to learn that "hoplophobia" (irrational fear of weapons) has been recognized as an illness by the AMA, is treatable, and is now covered by most HMOs.

Hoplophobia - DoveMed
Hoplophobia is an excessive and irrational fear of firearms or guns. It is categorized as a specific phobia, which is an anxiety disorder characterized by an intense and persistent fear of a particular object or situation.

Fear of Guns: Causes, Symptoms, and How to Cope
You’ll see gun phobia, fear of firearms, firearm anxiety, and hoplophobia. Hoplophobia has a history in firearms culture but it’s not a diagnosis listed in the DSM-5.

Hoplophobia | definition of hoplophobia by Medical dictionary
As well as Moore's fear of guns - or hoplophobia - famous victims include claustrophobic director Woody Allen, who is scared of closed spaces, and ichtophobic movie star Brad Pitt, who is terrified of sharks.

Hoplophobia | Phobiapedia | Fandom
Hoplophobia (from Greek hoplo, meaning "weapon") is the fear of weapons, specifically firearms. Hoplophobia is a common phobia as weapons are deadly. Common triggers of hoplophobia are hearing about gun-related deaths on the news and seeing shootings in the movies.

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