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anthropophobia

anthropophobia noun: a profound fear of human beings, or of human society.

Noun

anthropophobia (uncountable)

  1. A profound fear of human beings, or of human society.
    • The affection is unlike anthropophobia, because this is characterized by dislike of men, and decided aversion to sexual intercourse.1880, Edward Bliss Foote, Plain Home Talk about the Human System, 4th edition, page 438
    • It was when anthropophobia set in, when he was made uneasy by people who walked too close to him, that, sagely viewing his list and seeing how many phobias were now checked, he permitted himself to rest.1925, Sinclair Lewis, Arrowsmith

anthropophobia meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Tagalog

anthropophobia in Tamil

மாந்தர் வெருளி

anthropophobia in Urdu

انسانوں سے نفرت

anthropophobia in Kannada

ಮಾನವರಂಜಿಕೆ, ಮಾನವಂಜಿಕೆ

anthropophobia in Tagalog

fear of human beings
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Synonyms of anthropophobia

Forms of anthropophobia

alternative formanthrophobia

Origin of anthropophobia

From anthropo- + -phobia. Both elements are borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man, human”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”) respectively.

Words formed from anthropophobia

Questions about anthropophobia

What does anthropophobia mean?
Anthropophobia means a profound fear of human beings, or of human society.
What is anthropophobia in Tamil?
Anthropophobia in Tamil is மாந்தர் வெருளி. See Anthropophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is anthropophobia?
Anthropophobia is a noun.

Words near anthropophobia in the dictionary

  1. anthropophilic
  2. anthropophilous
  3. anthropophily
  4. anthropophobe
  5. anthropophobes
  6. anthropophobia
  7. anthropophobic
  8. anthropophobics
  9. anthropophonic
  10. anthropophonics
  11. anthropophony

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anthropophobia (page history and authors); anthropophobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anthropophobia (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anthropophobia (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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