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caligynephobia

caligynephobia noun: the fear of beautiful women.

Noun

caligynephobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of beautiful women.
    • [...] He looks over at me. “Whoa! Nice hair.” ¶ I pull down the visor and try not to laugh. My hair looks like I’ve stuck my finger in an electrical outlet. “Jake Jackson, you must get over your caligynephobia.” ¶ Jake raises his eyebrows. ¶ “Fear of beautiful women.” ¶ “I’m planning on working...2005, Dandi Daley Mackall, Love Rules, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.,, →ISBN, page 27
    • In contrast, if we consider the example of somebody who has a fear of beautiful women (caligynephobia!), then it does not seem outrageous to argue that this fear of beautiful women is somehow an inappropriate emotional reaction or even an emotional disorder.2008, Mick Power, Tim Dalglesih, Cognition and Emotion: From Order to Disorder, Psychology Press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 54

caligynephobia meaning in Tamil

caligynephobia in Tamil

அழகி வெருளி

Examples of caligynephobia in a sentence

  • “Jake Jackson, you must get over your caligynephobia.” ¶ Jake raises his eyebrows. ¶ “Fear of beautiful women.” ¶ “I’m planning on working hard on that one in California. [...]”2005, Dandi Daley Mackall, Love Rules, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.,, →ISBN, page 27:
  • Loveshyness is certainly not gynophobia, a fear of women in general, nor is it caligynephobia, a fear of beautiful women.2009, Talmer Shockley, The Love-Shy Survival Guide, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, published 2009, →ISBN, page 19:

Origin of caligynephobia

From Ancient Greek καλλι- (kalli-, “beautiful”) + Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “female”) + New Latin -phobia, from Latin, from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).

Questions about caligynephobia

What does caligynephobia mean?
Caligynephobia means the fear of beautiful women.
What is caligynephobia in Tamil?
Caligynephobia in Tamil is அழகி வெருளி. See Caligynephobia meaning in Tamil.
How do you use caligynephobia in a sentence?
“Jake Jackson, you must get over your caligynephobia.” ¶ Jake raises his eyebrows. ¶ “Fear of beautiful women.” ¶ “I’m planning on working hard on that one in California. [...]”
What part of speech is caligynephobia?
Caligynephobia is a noun.

Words near caligynephobia in the dictionary

  1. Caligulan
  2. Caligulean
  3. Caligulian
  4. Caligulism
  5. Caligulisms
  6. caligynephobia
  7. Caliking
  8. calimanco
  9. calimancoes
  10. calimancos
  11. Calimesa

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Adapted from Wiktionary: caligynephobia (page history and authors); caligynephobia (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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