Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tokophobia

/ˌtəʊkəˈfəʊbi.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: toko-pho-bia
IPA: /ˌtəʊkəˈfəʊbi.ə/

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A morbid fear of childbirth or pregnancy.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"As soon as Dr Guy Glass cured Rebecca of her tokophobia, the place would be full of children."
"A multitude of stories are required, not just to help those telling them to work out their own narratives, or to help those looking for information, but to challenge tokophobia by enriching and complicating our cultural understanding of childbirth."
"As a woman with severe tokophobia: No! Fucking! Thank! You!"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τόκος (tókos, “birth”) + -φοβία (-phobía, “fear”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

tocophobia (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

parturiphobia

Questions

How do you pronounce tokophobia?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌtəʊkəˈfəʊbi.ə/.
What does tokophobia mean?: A morbid fear of childbirth or pregnancy.
Where does tokophobia come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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