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chorophobia

chorophobia noun: the fear of dancing.

Noun

chorophobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of dancing.
    • The woman leaned forward and addressed Ruby in a whisper. “Are you here for venustraphobia, chorophobia, porphyrophobia, or an audio disorder?”2010, Lia Weston, The Fortunes of Ruby White, →ISBN
    • In fact, one may be surprised to hear that there are people that actually suffer from a phobia, chorophobia, the “fear of dancing” where symptoms of panic attacks and complete avoidance of social situations where dancing is involved are common.2013 October 8, Christina Devereaux, “Are You Afraid to Dance?”, in Psychology Today

Origin of chorophobia

From Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “dance”) + -phobia.

Questions about chorophobia

What does chorophobia mean?
Chorophobia means the fear of dancing.
What part of speech is chorophobia?
Chorophobia is a noun.

Words near chorophobia in the dictionary

  1. choromatography
  2. chorometry
  3. Choron sauce
  4. choronym
  5. choronyms
  6. chorophobia
  7. chorophyte
  8. choropleth
  9. choropleth map
  10. choropleth maps
  11. choroplethic

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