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chronometrophobia

chronometrophobia is the alternative form of chronomentrophobia.

Meaning of chronomentrophobia

Noun

chronomentrophobia (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The fear of timepieces.
    • I have chronomentrophobia, and believe me, having a director who understands that helps me a lot on the set because we don’t have a buncha A.D.’s running around yelling about the damn schedule.[…]“Okay, look. In ten minutes it’s time for my next meal and neural blessing. We’re on a tight clock, so...2003, Stephen J. Cannell, Hollywood Tough (Shane Scully series), New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, pages 143, 145, and 264

Origin of chronometrophobia

From Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”) (compare English chronometer (“device for measuring time”)) + -phobia.

Questions about chronometrophobia

What is chronometrophobia the alternative form of?
Chronometrophobia is the alternative form of chronomentrophobia.

Words near chronometrophobia in the dictionary

  1. chronometrically
  2. chronometrics
  3. chronometries
  4. chronometrist
  5. chronometrists
  6. chronometrophobia
  7. chronometry
  8. chronomodulated
  9. chronomodulation
  10. chronomodulations
  11. chronon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chronometrophobia (page history and authors); chronomentrophobia (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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