Aporophobia (from the

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''aporofobia'', and this from the

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ἄπορος (''áporos''), 'without resources, indigent, poor,' and φόβος (''phobos''), 'hatred' or 'aversion') are negative attitudes and feelings towards poverty and poor people. It is the disgust and hostility toward poor people, those without resources or who are helpless.«El Imán pide a la RAE que acepte el término aporofobia.»
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''. 31 de agosto de 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2014. The word povertyism is also used, in the field of international law, to specify this form of discrimination against people living in poverty. The concept of aporophobia was coined in the 1990sMartínez Navarro, Emilio
“Aporofobia”, en: Jesús Conill (coord.): ''Glosario para una sociedad intercultural'', Valencia, Bancaja, 2002, pp. 17-23.
/ref> by the philosopher

Adela Cortina Adela Cortina (born 1947, Valencia) is a Spanish philosopher A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wi ...

, professor of Ethics and Political Philosophy at the

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, to differentiate this attitude from

xenophobia Xenophobia () is the fear or dislike of anything which is perceived as being foreign or strange. It is an expression of perceived conflict between an in-group and out-group and may manifest in suspicion by the one of the other's activities, a ...

, which only refers to the rejection of foreigners, and

racism Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to inherited attributes and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another. It may also mean prejudice, discrimination, or antagonis ...

, which is discrimination by ethnic groups. The difference between aporophobia and xenophobia or racism is that socially there is no discrimination or marginalization of immigrants or members of other ethnic groups when these people have assets, economic resources and/or social and media relevance. After a decision of

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on the 24 of June of 2016, it was added to the list of discriminations forbidden by the

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as "discrimination for social precarity". However it noted that fewer than 20 persons instituted lawsuits due to a such discrimination.

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* Cortina, Adela (2017). ''Aporofobia, el rechazo al pobre''. Barcelona: Paidós. . Class discrimination Phobias Poverty Xenophobia {{socio-stub

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