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criminophobia

criminophobia noun: the fear of being a victim of crime.

Noun

criminophobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of being a victim of crime

Questions about criminophobia

What does criminophobia mean?
Criminophobia means the fear of being a victim of crime.
What part of speech is criminophobia?
Criminophobia is a noun.

Words near criminophobia in the dictionary

  1. criminologically
  2. criminologies
  3. criminologist
  4. criminologists
  5. criminology
  6. criminophobia
  7. criminous
  8. criminously
  9. criminousness
  10. criminy
  11. Crimis

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