Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coprophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: co-pro-pho-bia
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fear of feces.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Human coprophobia appears to have developed gradually, and was reflected in an increasing demand for, first, privacy for defaecation […]"
"Presenting 14 unnerving segments, featured phobias include caetophobia (fear of hairs), henophobia (fear of young virgin girls), coprophobia (fear of feces), mysophobia (fear of contamination and germs), mazeophobia (fear of being lost), astrophobia (fear of celestial objects), mageirocophobia (fear of cooking) and oneirophobia (fear of dreams)."

Etymology

From copro- (“excrement”) + -phobia (“from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) (fear)”).

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

scatophobia

Questions

What does coprophobia mean?: A fear of feces.
Where does coprophobia come from?: From copro- (“excrement”) + -phobia (“from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) (fear)”).

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