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kenophobia

kenophobia noun: an abnormal fear of empty spaces.

Noun

kenophobia (uncountable)

  1. An abnormal fear of empty spaces.
    • "You're not taking this seriously," Cuneo complained. "Just imagine if the love of your life turned out to be an illusion. With a horse's backside, a horse's teeth and a brain that was presumably reeling from kenophobia."2015, Nina George, translated by Simon Pare, The Little Paris Bookshop, page 209

kenophobia meaning in Tamil

kenophobia in Tamil

பெருவெற்றிடவச்சம், வெற்றிட வெருளி

Origin of kenophobia

From Ancient Greek κενός (kenós, “empty”) + -phobia.

Questions about kenophobia

What does kenophobia mean?
Kenophobia means an abnormal fear of empty spaces.
What is kenophobia in Tamil?
Kenophobia in Tamil is பெருவெற்றிடவச்சம், வெற்றிட வெருளி. See Kenophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is kenophobia?
Kenophobia is a noun.

Words near kenophobia in the dictionary

  1. kenomicrolite
  2. Kenon
  3. kenong
  4. kenongs
  5. Kenons
  6. kenophobia
  7. kenopsia
  8. Kenora
  9. Kenora District
  10. Kenorland
  11. kenoses

Source and license

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