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teratophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ter-ato-pho-bia
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An irrational fear of monsters (terrifying creatures, or deformed children: see usage notes).

Uncountable

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Etymology

From terato- (“pertaining to birth defects”) + -phobia (“fear”), from Ancient Greek τέρας (téras, “monster”).

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What does teratophobia mean?
An irrational fear of monsters (terrifying creatures, or deformed children: see usage notes).
Where does teratophobia come from?
From terato- (“pertaining to birth defects”) + -phobia (“fear”), from Ancient Greek τέρας (téras, “monster”).

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