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aphephobia

aphephobia is the alternative form of haphephobia.

Meaning of haphephobia

Noun

haphephobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of being touched.
    • It is necessary to distinguish haphephobia from the syndrome described under the name of délire de toucher, the emotional disturbance produced especially after contact.1894, Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences, volume 2, unnumbered page

Questions about aphephobia

What is aphephobia the alternative form of?
Aphephobia is the alternative form of haphephobia.

Words near aphephobia in the dictionary

  1. aphemia
  2. aphemias
  3. aphemic
  4. aphenotypic
  5. aphenphosmphobia
  6. aphephobia
  7. aphercotropism
  8. apheresed
  9. aphereses
  10. apheresis
  11. apheresized

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