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achluophobia

achluophobia noun: the fear of darkness.

Noun

achluophobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of darkness.
    • If you have a severe case of achluophobia (fear of the dark), for instance, you may want to wait at the mouth of the cave.2007, Dave Smith, Backcountry Bear Basics: The Definitive Guide to Avoiding Unpleasant Encounters, The Mountaineers Books, →ISBN
    • When I was little, I had achluophobia and had to sleep with some kind light, any kind of light.2013, Chris Island, Gunny's Short Stories and Life Lessons, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 56

achluophobia meaning in Tamil and Kannada

achluophobia in Tamil

இருளச்சம், இருள் வெருளி

achluophobia in Kannada

ಇರುಳಂಜಿಕೆ, ಕತ್ತಲಂಜಿಕೆ

Origin of achluophobia

From Ancient Greek ἀχλύς (akhlús, “darkness”) and -phobia.

Questions about achluophobia

What does achluophobia mean?
Achluophobia means the fear of darkness.
What is achluophobia in Tamil?
Achluophobia in Tamil is இருளச்சம், இருள் வெருளி. See Achluophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is achluophobia?
Achluophobia is a noun.

Words near achluophobia in the dictionary

  1. achlorhydrias
  2. achlorhydric
  3. achlorophyllaceous
  4. achlorophyllous
  5. achloropsia
  6. achluophobia
  7. achluophobic
  8. achluophobics
  9. achlusite
  10. Achlys
  11. achma

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Adapted from Wiktionary: achluophobia (page history and authors); achluophobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); achluophobia (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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