automatonophobia
automatonophobia noun: fear of humanlike figures, such as mannequins, wax figures, statues, dummies, animatronics, or robots.
Noun
automatonophobia (usually uncountable, plural automatonophobias)
- Fear of humanlike figures, such as mannequins, wax figures, statues, dummies, animatronics, or robots.
- The plot involved angel statues that came alive with demonic faces the instant their victims stopped looking at them. Can I say for certain it gave some kid automatonophobia? No, but I’m glad I didn’t see it when I was six.2016 March 23, Keith Wagstaff, “Why Do Statues of Humans Terrify Me? An Investigation”, in VICE, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2025
automatonophobia meaning in Tamil
automatonophobia in Tamil
- அயற்பாங்கு வெருளி, போன்மைவெருளி
Forms of automatonophobia
| plural | automatonophobias |
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Origin of automatonophobia
From automaton + -o- + -phobia.
Words formed from automatonophobia
Questions about automatonophobia
- What does automatonophobia mean?
- Automatonophobia means fear of humanlike figures, such as mannequins, wax figures, statues, dummies, animatronics, or robots.
- What is automatonophobia in Tamil?
- Automatonophobia in Tamil is அயற்பாங்கு வெருளி, போன்மைவெருளி. See Automatonophobia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is automatonophobia?
- Automatonophobia is a noun.
- What is the plural of automatonophobia?
- The plural of automatonophobia is automatonophobias.
Words near automatonophobia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: automatonophobia (page history and authors); automatonophobia (Tamil 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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