Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telephonophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tele-phono-pho-bia
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fear of talking on the telephone.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Unfortunately these included telephonophobia which, as its name suggests, is a fear of telephones."

Etymology

From telephone + -o- + -phobia.

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

telephobia

Questions

What does telephonophobia mean?: A fear of talking on the telephone.
Where does telephonophobia come from?: From telephone + -o- + -phobia.

How to pronounce telephonophobia

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