coprophobia
coprophobia noun: a fear of feces.
Noun
coprophobia (uncountable)
- A fear of feces.
- Human coprophobia appears to have developed gradually, and was reflected in an increasing demand for, first, privacy for defaecation […]1997, Klaus Ewe, V.F. Eckardt, P. Enck, Constipation and Ano-Rectal Insufficiency
- Presenting 14 unnerving segments, featured phobias include caetophobia (fear of hairs), henophobia (fear of young virgin girls), coprophobia (fear of feces), mysophobia (fear of contamination and germs), mazeophobia (fear of being lost), astrophobia (fear of celestial objects), mageirocophobia...2018 March 7, Chewie, “Artsploitation Acquires ‘A Taste of Phobia’”, in ScareTissue, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2022
- Synonyms:
- scatophobia
coprophobia meaning in Tamil
coprophobia in Tamil
- மலஅச்சம், மலவெறுப்பு
Synonyms of coprophobia
- scatophobia
Origin of coprophobia
From copro- (“excrement”) + -phobia (“from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) (fear)”).
Questions about coprophobia
- What does coprophobia mean?
- Coprophobia means a fear of feces.
- What is coprophobia in Tamil?
- Coprophobia in Tamil is மலஅச்சம், மலவெறுப்பு. See Coprophobia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is coprophobia?
- Coprophobia is a noun.
Words near coprophobia in the dictionary
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