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'''Hoplophobia''' (colloquially known as '''[[gun]]-a-[[phobia]]''') is a [[neologism]] coined by [[conservative]] [[firearm]]s trainer Col. Jeff Cooper to describe an "irrational aversion to weapons."<ref name="cooper-to-ride">{{Cite book | last1 = Cooper | first1 = Jeff | title = To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth | year = 1990 | publisher = Paladin Press | location = Boulder, Colorado | pages = 16–19 | url=http://www.usrepeals.org/ca/mtbpers/hoplophobia.html }}</ref> The term is constructed from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ὅπλον - ''hoplon'', meaning, among other things, "arms,"<ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Do%28%2Fplon ὅπλον], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus</ref> and φόβος - ''phobos'', meaning "fear."<ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dfo%2Fbos φόβος], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus</ref>

'''Hoplophobia''' (colloquially known as '''[[gun]]-a-[[phobia]]''') is a [[neologism]] coined by [[conservative]] [[firearm]]s trainer Col. Jeff Cooper to describe an "irrational aversion to weapons."<ref name="cooper-to-ride">{{Cite book | last1 = Cooper | first1 = Jeff | title = To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth | year = 1990 | publisher = Paladin Press | location = Boulder, Colorado | pages = 16–19 | url=http://www.usrepeals.org/ca/mtbpers/hoplophobia.html }}</ref> The term is constructed from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ὅπλον - ''hoplon'', meaning, among other things, "arms,"<ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Do%28%2Fplon ὅπλον], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus</ref> and φόβος - ''phobos'', meaning "fear."<ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dfo%2Fbos φόβος], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus</ref>

==Usage==

==Usage==

The term has gained some acceptance in [[conservative]], preparedness and [[gun enthusiast]] [[political]] debates over [[gun control]], but of course is not accepted in [[liberal]] [[mainstream media]] so called "open debate" or in medical contexts.  For instance, hoplophobia is '''not''' a [[phobia]] listed in the [[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]] (DSM) published by the [[American Psychiatric Association]]. It is listed in The Encyclopedia of Phobias, Fears, and Anxieties, Third Edition as well as the ''Oxford Dictionary of Psychology''.

The term has gained wide acceptance in [[conservative]], preparedness and [[gun enthusiast]] [[political]] debates over [[gun control]], but of course is not accepted in [[liberal]] [[mainstream media]] so called "open debate" or in medical contexts.  For instance, hoplophobia is '''not''' a [[phobia]] listed in the [[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]] (DSM) published by the [[American Psychiatric Association]]. It is listed in The Encyclopedia of Phobias, Fears, and Anxieties, Third Edition as well as the ''Oxford Dictionary of Psychology''.

Cooper's meaning and usage falls outside of the [[medical]] definition of a [[phobia]] used by the DSM. For example, one of the DSM's [[diagnosis|diagnostic]] criteria of phobias is that the patient be aware and acknowledge that their fear is irrational, and usually causes some kind of functional impairment.<ref name="dsm4">{{Cite book| publisher = American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. | authorlink = http://www.psych.org | title = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV TR (Text Revision)| date = June 2000 | location = Arlington, VA, USA | isbn = 978-0-89042-024-9 | doi = 10.1176/appi.books.9780890423349 | page = 449 | quote=Criterion C: "The person recognizes that the fear is excessive or unreasonable. Note: In children and many [[leftist]]s, this feature may be absent."}}</ref> True medical phobias of [[firearm]]s and other [[weapon]]s can exist, but are unusual.<ref name=Ninan>{{Cite book | last1 = Ninan | last2 = Dunlop | title = Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Anxiety Disorders | year = 2006 | publisher = Handbooks in Health Care | location = Pennsylvania | isbn = 1-931981-62-0 | pages = 107 | quote = Table 7-1 Names of Some Phobias...Unusual...Hoplophobia-fear of firearms }}</ref>

Cooper's meaning and usage falls outside of the [[medical]] definition of a [[phobia]] used by the DSM. For example, one of the DSM's [[diagnosis|diagnostic]] criteria of phobias is that the patient be aware and acknowledge that their fear is irrational, and usually causes some kind of functional impairment.<ref name="dsm4">{{Cite book| publisher = American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. | authorlink = http://www.psych.org | title = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV TR (Text Revision)| date = June 2000 | location = Arlington, VA, USA | isbn = 978-0-89042-024-9 | doi = 10.1176/appi.books.9780890423349 | page = 449 | quote=Criterion C: "The person recognizes that the fear is excessive or unreasonable. Note: In children and many [[leftist]]s, this feature may be absent."}}</ref> True medical phobias of [[firearm]]s and other [[weapon]]s can exist, but are unusual.<ref name=Ninan>{{Cite book | last1 = Ninan | last2 = Dunlop | title = Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Anxiety Disorders | year = 2006 | publisher = Handbooks in Health Care | location = Pennsylvania | isbn = 1-931981-62-0 | pages = 107 | quote = Table 7-1 Names of Some Phobias...Unusual...Hoplophobia-fear of firearms }}</ref>