"polyphobia" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2015, Jillian Deri, Love's Refraction: Jealousy and Compersion in Queer Women's Polyamorous Relationships, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 112:",
          "text": "Ren noted the following internalization of polyphobia: My date had dated other people, but it's a lot different if it's a family unit living together […]",
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