Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kinesophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ki-ne-so-pho-bia
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pathological fear of motion or movement.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Vlaeyen and colleagues studied 103 chronic low back pain patients, exploring the relationship of kinesophobia with demographic, pain-related, and affective variables."

Etymology

From kineso- + -phobia.

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

kinesophobic

Questions

What does kinesophobia mean?: A pathological fear of motion or movement.
Where does kinesophobia come from?: From kineso- + -phobia.

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