Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chemophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chemo-pho-bia
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An irrational fear of chemicals

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"By chemophobia I mean an exaggerated fear of toxicity brought about by the widespread use of chemicals in food production and processing."
"Chemophobia also means that every six months there is a "new scientific finding" about a synthetic chemical found in regular food in very low quantites that, if you ate a cargo ship or two of it every day for three years, could kill you."

Etymology

From chemo- + -phobia.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: chemo
Suffix: phobia

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

chemophobe chemophobic

Questions

What does chemophobia mean?: An irrational fear of chemicals
Where does chemophobia come from?: From chemo- + -phobia.

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