Is there a Word for......

[Shemtov]

...discrimination against lefthanded people?
Yes,I know there's a thread for questions like this, but despite my best efforts I can't find it .

 

[Alex The Great]

Leftist?

 

[Manic]

Sinistrophobia is a fear of left-handed people.
http://www.anxietymatters.com/symptoms_of_anxiety/phobias/phobias/s/Sinistrophobia.htm

That's the best I can do.

 

[Alex The Great]

Sinistrophobia

Sinistro

Sinister

I knew it! They're evil

 

[Shemtov]

Sinistrophobia is a fear of left-handed people.
http://www.anxietymatters.com/symptoms_of_anxiety/phobias/phobias/s/Sinistrophobia.htm

That's the best I can do.

Huh, I was thinking about that construction, but for some reason i felt it wasn't it.

And Now for a Joke:
Sinistrophobia ? That's not a disorder, that's natural! I mean he weuilds the Ring of fear for God's sake,

 

[Shemtov]

Sinistrophobia

Sinistro

Sinister

I knew it! They're evil

Well, our word "Sinister" comes from the Latin word for "Left",based on the Roman's Sinistrophobia.

 

[Alex The Great]

WOAH man!

 

[Shemtov]

WOAH man!

What?

 

[Lighthouse]

Liberal.

 

[Alex The Great]

Because I honestly did not know that little fact he posted

 

[Gotham Knight]

Wait... There are actually people scared of other people just because they are left handed?

 

[Alex The Great]

They are not to be trusted

 

[Ponyboy]

...discrimination against lefthanded people?
Yes,I know there's a thread for questions like this, but despite my best efforts I can't find it .

There might not be a word for it, because I don't think "it" exists.

 

[Shemtov]

There might not be a word for it, because I don't think "it" exists.

There's a whole article about it on wiki, just it doesn't mention a word:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_against_left-handed_people

 

[Ponyboy]

Honestly? I have never heard of that. I can't even imagine how that's possible. Seems to me that whoever would have that kind of bias is the one with the problem.

 

[Yurka]

Obama's a lefty

 

[WalkingDeadMike]

There might not be a word for it, because I don't think "it" exists.

It does. My mom was naturally left-handed, but the teachers/nuns at her Catholic school didn't believe that anyone should be lefty, so they made her so everything right-handed. Anytime the caught her using her left hand they'd whap her in the knuckles with a wooden ruler. I didn't believe it until I asked my grandmother and she confirmed my mother's story.

 

[Lighthouse]

Honestly? I have never heard of that. I can't even imagine how that's possible. Seems to me that whoever would have that kind of bias is the one with the problem.

There is a difference between bias and fear. A phobia, a real phobia, is very intense and irrational. It's a big psychological condition. People like to say they are afraid of something, and call it a phobia, but people with actual phobias are stark raving terrified. This woman has pteronophobia.

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[Showtime]

Righty.

 

[Ernie]

Make one up. Dictionaries do that and constantly incorporate "modern words" that describe things. Most of these are ridiculous. "Bling" is not a word. . . .butttt Webster's says it is, so go figure out a good one.

 

[Shemtov]

There is a difference between bias and fear. A phobia, a real phobia, is very intense and irrational. It's a big psychological condition. People like to say they are afraid of something, and call it a phobia, but people with actual phobias are stark raving terrified. This woman has pteronophobia.

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Yes, but Sinestrophobia is cognative with "Homophobia", which doesn't mean a real "phobia" either.

However, as most words ending with -phobia are Greek-based and "Sinister" is Latin I propose "Aristophobia" for discrimination against Lefties, and "Sinestrophobia" should mean fear of Lefties.