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chronophobia

chronophobia noun: fear of the passing of time, or more generally of time itself.

Noun

chronophobia (uncountable)

  1. Fear of the passing of time, or more generally of time itself.

chronophobia meaning in Tamil

chronophobia in Tamil

காலவச்சம், நேரத்தச்சம், நேரமின்மை வெருளி

Origin of chronophobia

From Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + φοβος (phobos, “fear”). Equivalent to chrono- + -phobia.

Questions about chronophobia

What does chronophobia mean?
Chronophobia means fear of the passing of time, or more generally of time itself.
What is chronophobia in Tamil?
Chronophobia in Tamil is காலவச்சம், நேரத்தச்சம், நேரமின்மை வெருளி. See Chronophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chronophobia?
Chronophobia is a noun.

Words near chronophobia in the dictionary

  1. chronophile
  2. chronophiles
  3. chronophilia
  4. chronophilic
  5. chronophin
  6. chronophobia
  7. chronophobic
  8. chronophotograph
  9. chronophotographic
  10. chronophotographs
  11. chronophotography

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