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brephophobia

brephophobia noun: the fear of, or aversion to, babies.

Noun

brephophobia (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The fear of, or aversion to, babies.
    • if you have brephophobia don't watch my snapchat story2017 July 14, @WomackKendall, X, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2026
    • Someone save me from my brephophobia2017 November 19, @lacctivist, X, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2026

Examples of brephophobia in a sentence

  • I don’t have a child nor will I have one any time soon and frankly the ads stress me out and makes my Brephophobia flare up just seeing the ads2020 May 19, @russetfrost, X, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2026:
  • I have a few odd ones myself (tokophobia and brephophobia, the fears of pregnancy and babies), which is *very* rough to have in a transandrophobic and natalistic society... 😖2024 October 22, @MemeLorbius, X, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2026:
  • More likely brephophobia or infantophobia, then.2026 January 1, @theyrenotaliens, X, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2026:

Origin of brephophobia

Ancient Greek, from brepho- + -phobia.

Questions about brephophobia

What does brephophobia mean?
Brephophobia means the fear of, or aversion to, babies.
How do you use brephophobia in a sentence?
I don’t have a child nor will I have one any time soon and frankly the ads stress me out and makes my Brephophobia flare up just seeing the ads
What part of speech is brephophobia?
Brephophobia is a noun.

Words near brephophobia in the dictionary

  1. Breon
  2. Breona
  3. Breonna
  4. Breons
  5. brepho-
  6. brephophobia
  7. brepocitinib
  8. brequet chain
  9. brequet chains
  10. brequinar
  11. brer

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