Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thanatophobiac

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thanato-pho-bi-ac
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One affected by thanatophobia; a person with a morbid dread of death.

Example Sentences

"Witry says that from his own practice he believes thanatophobiacs are almost always from the professional or upper middle classes, those from the lower classes meeting death with more stoicism than those of the upper."

Inflected Forms

thanatophobiacs (plural)

Questions

What does thanatophobiac mean?: One affected by thanatophobia; a person with a morbid dread of death.

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